SJR81 Summary

• Senate Joint Resolution mourning the death of Mr. John L. Granger of Talladega, Alabama, who died on May 5, 2019, at age 93.

• Mr. Granger attended Alabama School for the Blind as a child and became the longest-serving member of the ASB Alumni and Workers Association.

• He founded Royal Maid Association for the Blind in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, a national demonstration industry affiliated with National Industries for the Blind, and retired in 1996.

• Mr. Granger was active in multiple organizations including First United Methodist Church, Alabama Council for the Blind, and served on the Board of Trustees for Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the McFaden Industries for the Blind Complex was named in his honor in 2008.

• He is survived by four children, multiple grandchildren and great-grandchildren; he was predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Mary Davis Granger, and his son, John Charles Granger.