John Grantham has passed away

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R.I.P Big John


6-16-76 to 6-17-10

John played at Rabun County and walked on at GT in 1994. He earned a scholarship prior to the 1996 season. He worked hard and in his Senior year (1998) started the FSU game and the Gator Bowl against Notre Dame game at Defensive Tackle. I lived with him all 4 years that I was at GT and he was one of my best friends.

He will be missed.

updated to add an article

http://www.georgiafighters.com/john-grantham-passes-away/
 
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That's terrible news. God Bless him and his family. What happened Nate?
 
still waiting for the official reports from autopsy but preliminary reports indicated it appeared to have been a heart attack.

John had a big heart as anyone who knew whom would attest
 
he also made the ACC honor roll

School-Record 103 Tech Student-Athletes Named to ACC Honor Roll

ATLANTA (August 16) -- Georgia Tech placed a school-record 103 student-athletes on the 1998-99 Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll, announced by Commissioner John Swofford on Friday. The Honor Roll comprises those student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.0 or better for the full academic year. This year's total surpasses the previous record of 94 set last season.
Among the honorees were five-time all-America women's track star Andria King, ACC Player of the Year and first team all-America golfer Bryce Molder, and freshman all-America baseball player Mark Teixeira.
Listed below are those athletes named to the Honor Roll: Sergio Aguirre, Tennis; Jason Atha, Baseball; Jon Babul, Basketball; Jason Basil, Baseball; Brett Basquin, Football; Kyleen Bell, Volleyball; Kevin Betts, Track; Timothy Bibby, Tennis; Matthew Boggs, Baseball; Aimee Boulet, Volleyball; Ed Brinkman, Swimming; Kevin Brooks, Swimming; Chip Brown, Golf; Nicole Campbell, Track; Benjamin Cassaigne, Tennis; Brad Chambers, Football; Charlene Chin, Track; Joshua Clarke, Track; Carolyn Clevenger, Volleyball; Adam Cranford, Golf; Miki Deal, Softball; Oliver Deijni, Track; Danielle Donehew, Basketball; Dan Dyke, Football; Steve Economos, Baseball; Ashley Espy, Track; John Fennessy, Swimming; Carlton Forrester, Golf; Tina Frey, Track; Phillip Gable, Track; Charles Gersbach, Swimming; George Godsey, Football; Glenn Goldstein, Swimming; John Grantham, Football; Jason Grier, Track; Kenneth Grimes, Track; Katie Grove, Track; Brian Hetherington, Track; Hal Higgins, Football; Lynn Houston, Track; Melanie Howell, Softball; Trotter Hunt, Football; Gordon Hwang, Tennis; Kori Jacobson, Softball; Tamarra Jenkin, Tennis; Brent Johnson, Track; Judy Johnson, Track; Michael Johnson, Track; Andria King, Track; Brent Knight, Track; Carolyn Krieger, Track; David Laitala, Swimming; Wes Latimer, Golf; Malcolm Leason, Track; Jerome Lee, Football; Richard Lewis, Baseball; Hank Longmire, Swimming; Brenda Lord, Track; Troy Matteson, Golf; Jared McGehee, Track; Sara McKee, Volleyball; Brian Meager, Football; Kris Mikkelsen, Golf; Mason Miller, Tennis; Brad Mills, Track; Bryce Molder, Golf; Jonas Motiejunas, Track; Kelly Muir, Basketball; James Nozar, Swimming; Carl Nylander, Swimming; Jahmal Overton, Baseball; Laura Ozolins, Tennis; Maja Pachale, Volleyball; Sara Pardue, Track; Shadana Patterson, Track; Joseph Poliseo, Track; Matthew Reed, Swimming; Amanda Sabo, Volleyball; Leo Salinas, Swimming; Lauren Schwartz, Softball; Gregory Sciame, Track; Ryan Shanteau, Swimming; David Silver, Swimming; Chris Sinotte, Track; Jamie Smith, Softball; Andre Snellings, Track; Joe Stegall, Track; Brad Stockton, Baseball; Regina Tate, Track/Basketball; Mark Teixeira, Baseball; Josh Thigpen, Swimming; Tosin Tomori, Track; Teryl Townsend, Volleyball; Xenia Uy, Tennis; Taylor Ward, Football; Beth Warren, Softball; Charles Wiley, Football; Brent Williams, Track; Jason Williams, Swimming; Kenya Williams, Basketball; Tishanna Worthy, Track; Robert Wright, Tennis.
 
Condolences to his family.

56, sorry for your personal loss.
 
Very sorry to hear that, Nate. My sincere condolences.
 
So sorry to hear...

of John's passing. I did not knw John personally, but it sounds like he crammed a lot of life into his much too short 34 years.

Rest in peace John and may God help your family and friends through this.
 
Thank you for posting this but to all who knew him, my sincerest condolences.
He will forever be a 'ramblin wreck from Georgia Tech".
We ARE all family at Tech.
 
he was so young! i cant believe it... my thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.
 
John was one of the good guys. I was very sad to see this today.
If any additional information is released would someone please update the thread.

Thanks

Harris
 
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