It was W.R. Rutherford who said, "Pleasant dealing in the ordinary business of life is the oil, the grease, if you will, for the wheels; it facilitates the performance of that business and lengthens the life of the human machines that do the work of the world." This quotation has really summed up the life and work of one of the Green Valley's most prominent business woman, Mrs. Marion Grant, because like the human machine she just keeps going and going even though she is well over eighty. What has sustained this woman over the years has been her charitable nature, a virtue of the heart and hands which continue to serve and feed this community from the time she got started in business some 63 years ago. In those days credit was the lifeblood of the society, because it was the only way that the poor struggling people of the community could purchase goods with their meager income and shop book to "trust" until pay day.

Mrs. Grant has always lived by the principle that "you serve God best by serving your fellow men" and in practice, studied how to do the most good and let the Lord take care of the rest. The practical value of her position of responsibility has been in its opportunities of service rather than gain, as she continues to give service quietly and silently without expectations of gratitude or reward.

Long before the advent of school meals Mrs. Grant ensured that every poor child who attended the Cayon School in the 60's and 70's was able to afford to buy lunch. Who could forget those days when she took hunger from our bellies with her special lunch of penny bread, penny cheese and penny mauby; and sometimes you even got lunch free if you did not have money.

We owe this woman a debt of gratitude for this outstanding gesture of kindness and compassion to us when we needed it most.