Our 1956 classmate, Jimmy Douglas Townsend, passed away on February 9, 2025 in Jackson, Tennessee. Our condolences to his family and friends. A memorial has been created for him on the FindAGrave website and added to the 1956 Virtual Cemetery. Funeral arrangements have been made through McEvoy Funeral Home in Paris, and his obituary can be found on their website.

Our 1956 classmate, Sue Cooper Gebert, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Our sympathy to her family and friends. A memorial has been created for her on the FindAGrave website and linked to the Class of 1956 Virtual Cemetery. Ridgeway Funeral Home will be handling the arrangements. Her obituary and services information can be found on the Ridgeway website.  

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...

[caption id="attachment_1867" align="aligncenter" width="1542"] Members of the Grove Class of 1956, taken at a reunion in September 2024.[/caption] We love good news, and this is 2 in a row! Many thanks to Elizabeth Millard who posted this picture of the 1956 E.W. Grove High School reunion, September 21,2024 on behalf of her sister, Ro Ellen Smith Rushing, who is a member of the class. Elizabeth is a member of the Grove Class of 1969, and her brother, Bill Smith, is...

Our 1956 classmate, Wanda Fair Jackson Sheehan, passed away on April 2, 2024 in Angleton, TX. Our condolences to her family and friends. A memorial for her has been placed on the FindAGrave site and linked to the Class of 1956 Virtual Cemetery. Services were arranged by Restwood Funeral Home in Clute, Texas, and her obituary can be found on their 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.

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...

The Grove Class of 1956 held their reunion last weekend as well, and 13 members were in attendance! See the full picture here...

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...

Norma was born in Henry County, Tennessee, on March 2, 1938, the daughter of the late John Foster Brown and Cornelia Routon Brown.  She attended Grove School (class of 1956) and later graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a degree in ornamental horticulture and landscape design.  She had a long career with Midland Brake (now part of Haldex) and was the Director of the Paris-Henry County Heritage Center from 2008-2015.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian...

James L. “Jim” Adams of Paris passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021. Born 84 years ago, Jim was a hardworking man who always placed others before himself. He was a member of the Grove High School Class of 1956 and a member of First United Methodist Church, where he enjoyed working with the food pantry. He also worked tirelessly to help the community grow, and always strived to lend a helping hand where needed. In addition to his being a...