Many of you might wonder what or where is this place... well it's one of our favorite eating places called "Grumpy's BBQ" and it's located at 240 & 40 out by Rocheport, MO. Bill "Grumpy" Woods and his wife Betty own this place and his daughter Sandy and grand-daughter Keota help out (his other daughter Theresa helps too). Grumpy and Betty just celebrated 47 years of marriage on April 29th and Grumpy turned 69 on April 30th. He had cancer which had traveled to his bones. He fell last week and again on Monday May 3rd. He passed away May 3rd. His funeral was today. It was very sweet and simple... just like Grumpy. He seemed at peace today and even though he wouldn't really tell you if he hurt you knew he did. The family asked Brandon to be a pallbearer and that meant a lot to us. We think a lot of the Woods family and consider them an extended piece of our family. As we left the funeral home in New Franklin they took Grumpy by their resturant one last time before taking him back up 240 to the graveside. Something I thought was a nice touch. He loved helping BBQ and visiting with the many friends that would come eat. He may be gone from our sights but the memories will last forever..... There are people in this world that touch your heart.... Bill made ours sing. One day we will meet again my friend.....
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