“Buster” Dwain Grissom

Sadly, Buster passed away the day of his father’s funeral.
Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.
If you would like to help Buster’s family with funeral expenses, donations can be made at
the Wells Fargo Bank in McMinnville Oregon.

Viewing and Visitation
Sunday January 19, 2020 - 1:00 - 5:00 PM
West Valley Funeral Home
108 NW Lincoln Street - Sheridan, Oregon 97378
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Funeral Services
Monday January 20, 2020 - 11:00 AM
Sheridan Baptist Church
643 East Main - Sheridan, Oregon 97378
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Graveside Committal following Funeral Services
Green Crest Memorial Park

Dwain “Buster” Leroy Grissom Dec. 10, 1953 - Jan. 14, 2020

Buster was born December 10, 1953 in Claremore, Oklahoma. He is the son of Dwain A. Grissom and Nora Ann (Forsyth) Grissom.

Buster loved the great outdoors. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, specifically bow hunting and could be found in the woods riding his bike to his favorite hunting spot. Buster could be seen driving his old blue Ford truck nicknamed “The Blue Goose” and when he became stuck in the muck, he would put the truck down by shooting the bedsides, needless to say, the truck looked like Swiss cheese.

Buster was a very easy going individual that was generous, compassionate and would give you his shirt off his back, even if he didn’t know you. All his friends and family knew Buster as the center of entertainment. He loved to have BBQ’s throughout the year and made enough food to feed the block.

Buster was dedicated to hard work. Just by listening to an engine, he could tell you what was wrong with it. When it came to his main career as a millwright, he was “The Man”. He knew the “ins and outs” of everything and was respected greatly for it. He spent many years as a master mechanic for the local school bus barn and the city sanitary vehicle fleet. After his master mechanic career, he discovered that being a millwright was more challenging and chose to pursue it. Buster spent 20 years as a millwright and was just shy of retirement.

Some of his known companies he worked for were, Taylor Lumber in Sheridan,OR; Profit in Roseburg, OR, where he assembled/disassembled sawmills and moved across the United States; an outfit in Monroe, OR that could process the biggest logs on the West Coast; Stimson Lumber in Gaston, OR; and most recently, Pacific Wood Preserving in Sheridan, OR, where he shipped telephone poles across the world.

Survivors include his fiancé Annie, sister Shyrl Ann Harman (Rudy), his children, sons Aaron Christopher Grissom (Angela) and Timothy Clinton Grissom, grandchildren Jordan, Brittany and Aaron Jr.

Buster was preceded in death by his parents Dwain and Nora Grissom and nephew Lewis Jayroe.