We are saddened to hear that our 1962 classmate, Charles "Arvin" Carter, passed away on Sunday. Our sympathy goes out to his family and friends. A memorial to him has been placed on the FindAGrave site and linked to the Class of 1962 Virtual Cemetery. His full obituary can be found on the McEvoy Funeral Home website.

We have received word that our 1956 classmate, Harry Lee Walker, passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Our condolences to his family and friends. A memorial has been placed on FindAGrave and linked to the 1956 class Virtual Cemetery. His obituary is posted on the Ridgeway Funeral Home website.

We were saddened to learn that Frederick McConnell “Mac” Wiggins, age 75, passed away on October 14, 2023, after a brave fight with a long illness. Our codlences go out to his family and friends. A memorial to Mac has been placed on the FindAGrave site, as well as a link to the 1966 class virtual cemetery. His full obituary can be found on the Ridgeway Funeral Home site.

More fun news to report with this great picture of last weekend's 58th reunion of the Grove Class of 1965. What a good looking group!    

[caption id="attachment_1353" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Cletis Edward Whitaker[/caption] We are saddened to learn that our former classmate, Cletis Edward “Ed” Whitaker, passed away on October 6, 2023. Our condolences to his family and friends. A memorial has been placed on FindAGrave, however, we need your help. There is an "Eddie" Whitaker in both the classes of 1965 and 1966, and the pictures are different. We want to list him in the proper class, so we would love to hear from any...

Quick Note: Becky Hedges would like everyone to know that the Grove class of 1965's annual reunion will be held tomorrow, October 14th at El Vaquero at 4:30pm. The Grove Class of 1967 recently held a 56th reunion luncheon in Paris. Attendees are listed below: [caption id="attachment_1345" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Bobbie, Ramay, Elizabeth, Hawk, Charlie, Middle Row-Dickie Bomar, Vince, Betty, Linda Fields, Phyllis, Jane, Debbie, Jerry, Lyndell, Baker, Back Row Terry, Franklin, Lee, Terry, Rourke, Chuck, Jimmie Dale Hart, Eugene Nichols,...

Hello, everyone! Once again I am behind on Grove news, but hopefully today will be the start of a better way to keep up. I enlisted the help of someone far more technical than myself to help me set up a way to send future posts to the mailing list and to Facebook. This is a website post, but a copy is going to our mailing and also to the Grove Facebook page. Fingers crossed! ? ***For our Facebook users,...

We're getting there! I'm testing the Facebook page and mailing list. Sorry...I would limit the audience if I could. [caption id="attachment_1310" align="alignleft" width="200"] Photo courtesy of Shannon McFarlin.[/caption] As an aside, I love this picture from Shannon. I hope to use it as a logo on future posts. It certainly does bring back memories. Just filling in here, because I want to put some text in to test both sides. So what a good time to say how absolutely grateful...

My current dilemma with the website is keeping up with Facebook. It's been too easy to put things there, but I fear we are leaving out the non-Facebook users. This is a test post on the Grove website which I hope will result in a post on Facebook. I've contracted with an expert to help find a way to simplify this and ensure that everything gets to everyone. I am hoping this post (from the site) will be a start....