Montebello : So Long Mrs. Grant : Longtime Matriarch Of Landmark Store Passes

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Copyright : Nelson County Life / Blue Ridge Life 2005-2019 : Mrs. Madeline Grant in our November 2005 cover story about the Montebello Country Story. Mrs. Grant passed away within the past day or so.

Montebello
Nelson County, Virginia

Back in the fall of 2005 just months after launching our charter magazine, Nelson County Life, we did a story on one of the most notable landmarks in Central Virginia not far off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Montebello Country Store has been around for more than a century! Sadly, we learned about the passing of the store’s matriarch, Mrs. Madeline Grant. Though she retired back in the early 90s, Mrs. Grant was still a fixture at the store and would be seen there often in the following years.

Below, Montebello Camping & Fishing Resort made the announcement of Mrs. Grant’s passing on their Facebook page.

The cover from our November 2005 story about the Montebello Country Store and Mrs Grant.
Copyright : Nelson County Life / Blue Ridge Life 2005-2019 : Mrs. Madeline Grant in our November 2005 cover story about the Montebello Country Store. Mrs. Grant passed away within the past day or so. Click on image above to enlarge and read.

 

The remainder of our story on Mrs. Grant in the November 2005 issue of then Nelson County Life Magazine long before we became Blue Ridge Life. Click on image above to enlarge and read.

RIP Mrs. Grant, we will miss you, along with thousands of others that got to know you over the decades. Our deepest thoughts and hugs to everyone at the country store.

1 COMMENT

  1. Wat a sweet lady… She was Special Soul going be greatly missed in those Beautiful Mountains she called Montebello Va. My dad born in north fork tye river…Near Whiterock…Went to school old school house on Fork Mt….R.I.P..
    Lol

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