McMinnville resident and Warren County native James Arlin Grissom, 69, was born July 24, 1946 and died Oct. 21 at Saint Thomas River Park Hospital following a seven-month illness. A nurseryman and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late James Thomas and Dorothy Mae Clark. He was married May 15, 1972 to Jene Grissom of McMinnville.