William "Bill" Clark Griscom
Age 85, a lifetime resident of Lincoln, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born April 7, 1937 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the son of Clark Harlan and Margaret Frances (Pitts) Griscom.
Bill was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, Arkansas, where he served as an Elder. He had been a Gideon, a member of the American Legion, the Ozarks Cattleman's Association and Telephone Pioneers Partner. Bill was a carpenter in his early years and was an apple and cattle farmer.
Bill was one of the last "old" apple growers from Lincoln. The Griscom family had apple orchards in the Lincoln area for nearly 100 years. Bill loved raising cattle and probably loved talking about raising cattle even more. Bill had never met a stranger.
He was preceded in death by his father Clark Griscom, his mother Margaret P. Griscom Barkman, and step-father Carl Barkman, and one sister Shirley Griscom Reeves.
Survivors include his loving wife of 33 years Barbara Louise Griscom; three nieces Debbie Kimes and her husband Steve, Sarah Bock and her husband Dan, and Suzanne Brooks and her husband Nat; and several great nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Luginbuel Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, October 29th, 2022, at Luginbuel Chapel in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Burial will be in the Sugar Hill Cemetery, there will be no graveside service.
Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln or the Sugar Hill Cemetery.