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Article: Obituary
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 8, 2009
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Ellison L. Grimsley, 85, the co-owner of Brothers Furniture in
the Baileys Crossroads area of Fairfax County, died of bladder
cancer Oct. 2 at his home in Annandale.
Mr. Grimsley co-owned and operated the firm from 1949 to 1984 and
was well known for sponsoring dozens of local sports teams. He had
been an athlete and was elected to the American Softball
Association's Greater Washington Hall of Fame in 1971.
In his later years, he was a highly ranked croquet player,
winning tournaments around the nation and providing a backyard court
that became the training ground for the Georgetown University
croquet team, among many others. A 1980 Washington Post article
noted that the Grimsleys and ...