Our 1948 classmate, Joseph Edward Casey, passed away Wednesday evening, January 14, 2026 at his residence in Maryville, TN. Our condolences to his friends and family. A memorial has been created for him on the FindAGrave website and will be linked to the Virtual Cemetery for his class. Visitation with family and friends will be held on March 21st 2026 at First Christian Church, 101 S. Poplar Street, Paris TN 38242 followed by a memorial service at noon. Memorials may...

Miriam Deal Knight, Class of 1948 Our 1948 classmate, Miriam Deal Knight passed away Sep 26 in Lakeland, TN. Our sincere condolences to her family and friends. A memorial has been placed on the FindAGrave website for her and linked to the 1948 Class Virtual Cemetery. Services were conducted by at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, and her obituary can be found on their website.

Our 1948 classmate, Martha “Mackie” Barnett passed away on August 1, 2025 in Alabama. Our condolences to her family and friends. A memorial has been created for her on the FindAGrave website and linked to the 1948 Class virtual cemetery. Her full obituary can be found online on the Paris-PI website.

We’ve just learned that our 1948 classmate, Jack Gordon Brown passed away on Aug. 24, 2023 in Texas. Our condolences to his family and friends. And apologies that we were unable to learn of this sooner. His a memorial has been created for him on the FindAGrave website, where his obituary can be viewed. The memorial has been linked to the Class of 1948 Virtual Cemetery.

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...

Hello, fellow classmates, As we continue to add new memorials to Findagrave and our virtual cemeteries on that site, I would once again like to thank Susan Stewart, who is an expert on that site and continues to be invaluable to me in keeping this up. Also, a big thanks to Andy Hooper, who recently sent information on several classmates from his class, 1959. I thought that since there are 4 individuals updated, it would be simpler to send them...

Billy G. Winchester, age 90 of Paris, TN passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021, at Henry County Medical Center. There will be no visitation and no services for Mr. Winchester per his request. Billy Gene Winchester was born June 7, 1931, in Henry County, TN to the late Leonard Void Winchester and the late Pokie Cox Winchester. On August 29, 1953, he married Mattie Elizabeth Presson Winchester and she preceded him in death on November 25, 2007. Billy went to...

Beverly Anne Meals Wood, age 91 of Paris, Tennessee passed away Friday, June 25, 2021 at her residence. Her funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be posted on this site as soon as available.