Jquery - JQGrid - Cannot Call WebMethod But Can With Ajax

I am new to jqGrid and I have found it difficult to follow the documentation jqGrid Documentation / I cannot figure out how to call a WebMethod when setting up the JQGrid. I have been successful in making an Ajax call to get the data and then setting up the JQGrid with local data. I think its an extra step in the setup process and that I should be able to provide the path to the webmethod using the url property. The editurl property is the same way. I am never actually receiving the post to the server. Attempted JQGrid Setup

function GetData()
{
$('#list').jqGrid({
type: "POST",
url: "Default.aspx/GetUsersJSON",
datatype: "json",
height: 250,
colName: ['Username', 'Email'],
colModel: [
...
}).jqGrid(
'navGrid',
'#pager',
{
edit: true,
add: true,
del: true
});
}
WebMethod
[WebMethod]
public static string GetUsersJSON()
{
var users = new List();
using(UserAdministrationSandboxDataContext uasd = new UserAdministrationSandboxDataContext())
{
users = uasd.GetUserList();
}
JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
return serializer.Serialize(users);
}

Current Code I got it working correctly now, but I still have one final question. Why did I have to set the 'repeatitems: false' in order to display the content? Some of the caveats to get this to work include the different ways to setup the ajax request. (Ajax: type) is (jqgrid : mtype) (Ajax: contentType) is (jqgrid : ajaxGridOptions: { contentType: })

And finally understanding the documentation from the documentation on how to setup the JSONReader.

function GetUserDataFromServer()
{
$('#list').jqGrid({
url: "Default.aspx/GetUsersJSON",
mtype: 'POST',
ajaxGridOptions: { contentType: "application/json" },
datatype: "json",
serializeGridData: function (postData)
{
return JSON.stringify(postData);
},
jsonReader: {
root: function (obj) { return obj.d; },
page: function (obj) { return 1; },
total: function (obj) { return 1; },
records: function (obj) { return obj.d.length; },
id:'0',
cell:'',
repeatitems: false
},
datatype: "json",
height: 250,
colName: ['Username', 'Email'],
colModel: [
{
name: 'Username',
index: 'Username',
width: 100,
editable: true
},
{
name: 'Email',
index: 'Email',
width: 220,
editable: true
},
{
name: 'IsLockedOut',
index: 'IsLockedOut',
width: 100,
editable: true,
edittype: 'checkbox'
}
],
caption: "Users"
})
}
Web Method
[WebMethod]
[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]
public static List GetUsersJSON()
{
using (UserAdministrationSandboxDataContext uasd = new UserAdministrationSandboxDataContext())
{
return uasd.GetUserList();
}
}
One JSON Object from the List
{"__type":"UserAdministrationSandbox.UserData","PKID":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001","Username":"TestUser","ApplicationName":"Test","Email":"TestUser@test.com","Comment":"TestUser","Password":"D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E","PasswordQuestion":"Is this a blank Password?","PasswordAnswer":null,"IsApproved":true,"LastActivityDate":"/Date(1298869200000)/","LastLoginDate":"/Date(1298869200000)/","LastPasswordChangedDate":"/Date(1298869200000)/","CreationDate":"/Date(1298869200000)/","IsOnLine":false,"IsLockedOut":false,"LastLockedOutDate":"/Date(1298869200000)/","FailedPasswordAttemptCount":0,"FailedPasswordAttemptWindowStart":null,"FailedPasswordAnswerAttemptCount":null,"FailedPasswordAnswerAttemptWindowStart":null}