Kate Grant

ATHENS, Ga. — Memorial services for Kathryn Anne “Kate” Grant, 29, will be held at Shandon United Methodist Church on Saturday, August 14, 2003 at 2 o’clock. The family will receive friends in the Wesley Fellowship Hall following the service. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the family.

Kate died in Wilkes County, Georgia, on July 31, 2004. Born in Athens, Georgia on February 20, 1975, she was the daughter of G. Randall Grant and Suzanne Stackhouse Grant. Upon transferring from the pre-veterinary program at the University of Georgia after two years of study, she entered as a junior in the inaugural 4-year Veterinary Technologist degree program at Newberry College, where she became the program’s first graduate. She was a veterinary technologist for the Exotic Animal, Wildlife, and Zoological Medical Service at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Her professional associations included the Georgia Veterinary Technical and Assistant Association, the North American Veterinary Technical Association and the Chi Beta Phi science honorary fraternity. She was a member of Shandon United Methodist Church.

Having been involved in many aspects of theater at Dreher High School, she carried that interest with her both to Newberry and in her post-graduate life. Kate was an active participant in the Society for Creative Anachronism. She was an avid outdoors person, delighting in camping, boating, kayaking, water and snow skiing. She marveled at the natural world and all of its creatures. Kate was a teacher, an enthusiastic leader, devoted daughter and loyal friend. She will be greatly missed by all whose lives she touched.

Surviving are her father and mother of Columbia; brother, Tracy Randall Grant of Savannah, Ga.; a niece, Mary Joyce Morris Grant of Southern Pines, N.C.; maternal grandmother, Mary Teal Stackhouse of Columbia, and paternal grandmother, Mildred Nesmith Grant of Andrews; her extended family includes Carol Elizabeth Stackhouse of Hartsville, Charlotte Stackhouse Broome and Michael C. Broome, Ph.D. of Columbia, Pamela Grant Lesesne and Peter C. Lesesne of Andrews, Deborah Grant Barwick and Lawrence R. Barwick of Cameron and their families; her great aunts and numerous cousins were a joy to Kate and are a comfort to her family. Predeceasing her were her maternal grandfather, The Reverend William C. Stackhouse and paternal grandfather, Mr. George Banks Grant, Jr.

The family asks that memorials be sent to UGA Foundation’s Wildlife Treatment Fund, UGA College of Veterinary Medicine, Dean’s Office, Athens, GA 30602.

«Obituary posted: August 12, 2004»

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