An elderly Trion-area woman, identified as Vesta Grindstaff, succumbed to injures she sustained during a two vehicle crash over the weekend. Reports said that the wreck occurred on Highway 27 near Southeast Federal Credit Union. Officials said Grindstaff’s white passenger car struck a white SUV driven by Billy Locklear, of Summerville.
Mr. Locklear was transported to Floyd Medical Center with serious injuries.
Grindstaff was involved in many community related events and volunteered at various civic and church functions. She was a member of the Summerville-Trion Rotary Club, the Summerville-Trion Optimist Club and a member of Summerville First United Methodist Church.
