Grover B. (G.B.)'s Obituary
Grover B. (G.B.) Hight, 84, of Tacoma passed away at Allenmore Hospital with many family members by his side. G.B. was preceded in death by his wife Juanita and joined her on September 20Â the day that would have been her 79th birthday.G.B. was born in Fitzhugh, Arkansas, and moved to Tacoma in the mid-1940s. He retired from the Tacoma Smelter after 33 years. In addition to his full-time job at the Smelter, G.B. worked as a plumber and carpenter. He was generous with his time and skills and donated many, many hours of labor to those who were less fortunate. From 1968 Â- 1970, G.B. and Juanita owned the Big Bad Wolf Tavern in Ruston and he was a volunteer fireman for the town of Ruston for over twenty-five years.He was a loving father to sons James and Kenneth, and daughter Pamela Hight-Clements. G.B. was known as Â"PapaÂ" and Â"GrandpaÂ" to his grandchildren: Jymmie Reed, James and Brian Hanson; Shane and Josh Hight; Ashley and Brandon Clements. He had five great-grandchildren who will never really know who their great-grandfather was. G.B. was also loved by and known as Â"PapaÂ" by Brandy Newman, Brooke Franich, and Katie Hansen, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of long-time family friends.G.B. was appreciated by countless numbers of people and had traveled the road of friendship with several for over fifty years: Thomas (Â"DocÂ") Dockery; Larry (Â"Deputy DogÂ" ) Mussig; Clarence Bundrock; Alma Lee Rayner; Mary Joyce; Fred Greer; and Jim Wingard.G.B. loved hunting, fishing, sports, and arguing politics. He spent many mornings with fellow retirees and long-time friends at the Tacoma Boat House, Point Defiance, determining the correct course for the United States. He and Juanita loved to travel, especially to Mexico and Hawaii, and spent a few dollars in the slot machines and tables in Reno, Nevada, throughout the years.
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