L.V. Grant

Dr. L.V. Grant

LV, you were loved. 
We lost LV on Sunday, January 2, 2022  after a brief, but aggressive bout of lung cancer.  A man of substance and style, he loved his family, his food and his music.  He was a son of Texas- born in Mt. Pleasant, on May 28, 1937 to Wilbert Grant and Lucy Hawkins. He graduated from Texas Southern University's School of Pharmacy where he pledged Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.  He served two years in the Armed Forces before heading West to the Bay Area where he decided to pursue a degree at the California College of Podiatric Medicine.   
The Bay Area was good to LV. It was here that he and his wife Brenda built a life. The Bay Area was where he became a father to his children, Kitt and Brett, and where he built a successful professional career.  LV, a country boy, loved the sophistication that the Bay represented-a place that allowed him to explore every kind of music – from Afro-beats, to jazz, to the blues, at live music venues.
He had some of his best times when he went with Brenda to the Monterey Jazz and Blues Festivals, and when he took Brett to hear the Four Tops and Kitt to see her namesake, Eartha Kitt. That's what happiness looked like to him.
 
LV was a foodie, and he especially loved his own cooking. From his famous brisket, to his catfish nuggets and homemade tamales, he was proud to share it all with friends and family alike.  He also loved exploring new restaurants in the city with a particular fondness for Dungeness crabs (he and his daughter, Kitt, spent many days lamenting the delay in the season) and Mitchell's ice cream (Black Walnut please.)
 
Considering himself a style connoisseur (with some questionable choices), he also loved shopping, frequently trekking to the Stanford Shopping Center, the Soho district of Manhattan and the streets of Paris with his family in tow. From San Francisco, to New York, to Europe, LV's life was filled with moments of discovery and delight, but it was when he spent time with his family that he was happiest.
He was a quiet, introverted man who kept it simple and straightforward.  He was a standup guy that never needed much.  He worked hard and stayed true to his values.  And when his time came, he faced it surrounded with all that he loved-his music, his family and his faith.  His work here was done.