Our 1943 classmate, Elizabeth "Lib" Phelps Gower Scott, passed away July 31, 2025 in Jackson, TN at the remarkable age of 100. Our sympathy to her family and friends. A memorial has been created for her on the FindAGrave website and linked to the Virtual Cemetery for the class of 1943. Burial took place on August 7th, and the services were handled by Arlington Funeral Directors in Jackson, and her full obituary can be found on their website.

Our 1943 classmate, Pauline Conger, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2024 in Paris. Our sympathy to her family and friends. A memorial has been created for her on the FindAGrave website and linked to the Class of 1943 Virtual Cemetery. McEvoy Funeral Home is handling her services. Details and her obituary can be found on the McEvoy website. The family requests that memorial donations be made to, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

November is not getting off to a great start. As of today we have 4 Grove deaths: Rebecca Pauline Robinson Conger, Class of 1943 Norma Sue Cooper Gebert, Class of 1956 Jackie LeCroy Class, of 1957 Larry Keith Hatcher, Class of 1965  Due to the delay in auto posting, some of these might not get to you for a couple of days, so I wanted to be sure everyone knew until I can get the individual posts created. I will...

Dear readers, I've been a bad webmaster! I have allowed myself to send you the good news, happily letting you know about some of the reunions and other "nice" things that have been going on. But sadly, we have had bad news, class deaths, since the last ones I last posted on the site. I have been placing them on the Grove Facebook page, but I know that many of you are not seeing them. So I apologize for that and...

A true war hero... [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250"] Sgt. Joe Dudley Mann[/caption] As some of you know, we are going through yearbooks and adding memorials for our former classmates to the Find A Grave site. We are currently working on the class of 1943, where I came across the story of fellow Grove graduate, Joe Dudley Mann, that I felt compelled to share. Joe was a volunteer who attained the rank of Sergeant in the US Army Air Force. He...

Anne Wilson Blanton Crosswy, age 96 of Nashville, TN passed away peacefully surrounded by family at her residence Wednesday morning, January 19, 2022. She grew up in Paris, as did her parents and grandparents. Her funeral service will be 2:00 PM Thursday, January 27, 2022 at McEvoy Funeral Home in Paris, TN, with Dr. Ben Boone officiating. A private family burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation will be at 11:00 AM Thursday, prior to the service at McEvoy Funeral...