Ann Reese Grote, born Jan. 18, 2010, left this earth to be with God on Dec. 24, 2012, a few weeks before her birthday when she would have been alive for 3 short years.
She was truly the happiest, friendliest, most loving child ever born. Ann Reese brightened the spirit of everyone around her and she is sorely grieved by her family and many friends. Typifying her happy countenance, she and her mother, Amy, would often sing “You are my Sunshine” together. Survivors include her parents, David and Amy Grote; great-grandfathers, Kenneth Knowles and Milford Homan; grandparents, Steve and Peggy Grote, Dane and Lisa Brunies, Bill Wilson, Darrel and Diane Homan; her mimi, Dot Knowles; aunts and uncles, Travis and Laura Grote, Ryan Wilson, Trent Brunies, Ken and Sonia Phillips, Ralph and Elaine Knowles, Joel and Debbie Williams, Gela and Reece West and Denise Gordon. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home in Daphne. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29 at the Coastal Church in Daphne. Graveside services will follow at Jubilee Memorial Gardens in Daphne. Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Daphne.
