Harold Jackson Jr of the Class of 1953 passed on Thursday, Mar 20th. Our condolences to his family and friends. A memorial has been created for him on the FindAGrave website and linked to the Grove Class of 1953 Virtual Cemetery. See his obituary at https://www.mcevoyfuneralhome.com/obituary/harold-jackson-jr

We learned today that our 1953 classmate, James Dickie Vaughn, passed away on May 8th. Condolences to his family and friends. A memorial has been placed on the FindAGrave website for him and linked to the Virtual Cemetery for the class of 1953. The burial service will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28 at DFW National Cemetery. Here is a link to his obituary, published in the Alpine Avalanche newspaper: https://www.alpineavalanche.com/obituaries/james-dickie-vaughn

Our 1953 classmate, Betty Jean Anderson Williams, passed away in Paris on March 20, 2024. Our sincere condolences go to her family and friends. A memorial for her has been placed on the FindAGrave website and linked to the Class of 1953 Virtual Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Ridgeway Funeral Home. A public graveside service will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2024 in Springville, TN. To view her obituary and full details, please visit the Ridgeway Funeral Home...

Our 1953 classmate, Bobbie Sue Black Quarles, passed away in Knoxville, TN on Friday. Our deepest sympathy goes to her family and friends. A memorial has been placed on the FindAGrave site in her name and linked to the class of 1953 Virtual Cemetery. Her complete obituary can be found here...

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,...

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...

Barbara Vaughn Thompson, age 87, passed away peacefully on December 27, 2021, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, surrounded by her family. A Paris, TN native, Barbara was born to the late William and Lillian Hart Vaughn on October 24, 1934; the second of three daughters. Barbara grew up surrounded by love and an unbreakable sisterly bond that began in childhood and continually grew stronger in the many years that followed. Sisters, Mary, Barbara, and Kay planned annual "sister trips," spending...

Ms. Carolyn Brisendine, age 86, of Paris, Tennessee passed away on Friday, September 17, 2021 at Charter Senior Living (Morningside of Paris). Her graveside funeral service will be 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at Memorial Cemetery with burial to follow. No visitation is scheduled. Carolyn Brisendine was born June 13, 1935 to the late Pled Wade Brisendine and the late Ruby Greer Brisendine. She is survived by cousins, Joe Barham and wife Gina of Goodletsville, Tennessee, Beth Skelley of...

BRANDON - James “Jim” Edward Kimmons, 86, of Brandon, Mississippi, returned to his heavenly home on June 25, 2021. Born January 4, 1935, in Paris, Tennes- see, he was the son of the late Harris and Elizabeth Kimmons and brother of the late Dorothy Boulton. Dr. Kimmons was a member of the E.W. Grove Class 1953. Jim is survived by his wife Gency Kimmons; son Kirk Kimmons, daugh- ter Kendra Kimmons-English; son Kyle Kimmons; grandchildren Geoffrey Watson and Brenna Kim- mons;...

Mr. Jerald Dean Sykes, age 85, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 at Henry County Medical Center. He was born May 12, 1935 to Prentice and Cornell Swor Sykes. He graduated from Grove High School in 1953 and attended college at Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas, ma­joring in Math and Bible, while serving as field commander for the band and singing bass with the A Cappella chorus. An avid trombone player, he married his band friend and sweetheart, Dorothy Owen,...