Gary Dean Grant

Mr. Gary Dean Grant, 79 of Snyder,TX passed away on Friday, March 24, 2017 surrounded by his loving family.

Memorial Service for Mr. Grant will be held on Saturday, April 08, 2017, at 1:00 PM at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Raj Arokiasamy officiating. Services are under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.

Gary was born July 3, 1937 in Mountainair, NM to the late H.P. and Nadine Grant. He grew up on a farm outside of Snyder, where as a child he attended a one-room school house and raised pet chickens. He graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1955 and married his high school sweetheart LaVerne Brown.

Gary was an owner-operator with Towne Van Lines for 35 years moving military personnel across the country. An amateur paleontologist, he also enjoyed fossil hunting on his travels and had acquired an impressive collection. Gary often took (and/or drug) his children on the road with him during the summer vacations to see the country and tour Washington D.C. at least once. If asked why he had seven kids, he would reply, "Because we didn't want eight."

He is survived by his wife LaVerne of 62years, their seven children, James Grant and wife Constance, David Grant, Angela Potter and husband Allen, John Grant and wife Pamela, Mary Davis, Annamaria/Peba Fonville and husband Shawn and Rachel Bass and husband Jaime, 18 Grandchildren, 21 Great Grandchildren, his sister Rita Cunningham and husband Paul and their son David.

He was preceded in death by his parents.