Grover Callahan

Grover 'Lefty' Callahan, age 88, of Forest City, NC, died Thursday, September 23, 2010 at Hospice House.
Grover was born on December 22, 1921 in Rutherford County to the late Thomas Aker Callahan and Mattie Saunders Callahan. He worked as a security guard in the textile mills most of his life. He had the distinction of playing baseball for the original Forest City Owls where as a pitcher he acquired the name 'Lefty'. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the US Navy and was a member of the Forest City Foursquare Church. Among his life's enjoyments was going to church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Thomas A. Callahan, Jr., James Callahan and three sisters, Irene Callahan, Ruth Jones and Lunette Abernathy.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Jane Callahan and Helen Dale Callahan; three nieces, Wanda Abernathy, Teresa Trotter, Rhonda Callahan and two nephews, Michael Jones and Rudy Callahan. He is also survived by a special great-nephew, Blake Toms.