Joseph C. Grayson Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Joseph C. Grayson in Miami, Florida, who passed away on August 30, 2025 at the age of 92. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
He was predeceased by: his parents, James Roy Grayson and Ida Ellen Grayson; and his brothers, James Roy Grayson Jr. and Jack Bair Grayson. He is survived by: his former wife Joyce Callaway Grayson; his wife Elizabeth Tillman Layson; his sister Dorthy Ellen Ross; his nieces and nephews, Thomas James Ross II, Stewart Grayson Ross, Joy Ellen Wagner, James Roy Grayson III, Dorothy Ann Love, Cathy Jo Smolinsky, Margaret Grayson Mitchell and Janis Grayson Hunley; his stepson H. Franklin Layson (Patricia Wilson Layson); and his grandchildren, Brooks Michael Layson, Patrick Cole Layson and Eliot Len Layson.
His contributions to the Shriners included serving on the Board of Governors of the Shriners Hospital in Tampa, as Potentate of the Mahi Shrine Center in 1990, and as President of both the Florida and Southeastern Shrine Associations.
