Thanks to Joe Sturdivant Sr. for letting us know about the passing of his sister, our 1961 classmate, Patricia G. Pantle, on Friday, January 16, 2026, in Tulsa, OK. Our sympathy to Joe, Bettye Paschall and the rest of their family and friends. A memorial has been created for her on the FindAGrave website with a link to her class Virtual Cemetery. Her complete obituary is now available online here...
Our 1961 classmate, Beverly Ann Jelks Appleton, passed away on September 17, 2025, in Jackson, TN. Our deepest sympathy to her family and friends. A memorial has been created for her on the FindAGrave website with a link to the 1961 class Virtual Cemetery. Many thanks to her Ron Chesmore for alerting us to her passing. Services were held by Chapel of Arrington Funeral Directors, and her obituary can be found on their website.
We were saddened to learn that our 1961 classmate, Tommy Irby, passed away on June 23, 2025. Our condolences to his family and friends. A memorial has been created on his behalf on the FindAGrave website and linked to the Class of 1961 Virtual Cemetery. Tommy's obituary can be found on the Ridgeway Funeral Home website.
Faye Lynn Hart Cox of the Class of 1961 passed on Sunday, Mar 9th. Our condolences to her family and friends. A memorial has been created for her on the FindAGrave website and linked to the Grove Class of 1961 Virtual Cemetery. See her obituary at https://www.mcevoyfuneralhome.com/obituary/faye-coxW
As you may recall, we recently posted that Bob (Dr. Robert Carnell Lee) passed away on January 31, 2025, in The Villages, Florida. We’ve now received an update from Jeanne, and his full obituary is now available on the Baldwin Brothers website. Our deepest sympathies go to Jeannie and all of Bob’s family and friends. A memorial has now been created for him on the FindAGrave website and linked to the Class of 1961 Virtual Cemetery. Bob was a dear...
It is with great sadness that I must report that Bob Lee, Class of 1961, passed away yesterday morning. Bob was a dear friend, and I will miss him terribly. I am in touch with Jeanne and will put up a formal notice once more details are finalized, but I thought many who follow the site would want to know. Bob was always smiling. Better pictures will be available soon, but I choose to remember him as he was during...
Our 1961 classmate, Nancy Williams Kennon, passed away on Monday, August 5th, 2024. Our deepest condolences to her brother, Don, who alerted us to her death, and the rest of her family and friends. A memorial has been placed on the FindAGrave website in her name and linked to the Class of 1961 Virtual Cemetery. Her obituary can be found on the Spann Funeral Home website.
Our 1961 classmate, Jim Williams, age 81, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024, at his home in Buchanan, TN. Our condolences to his family and friends. His memorial has been created on the FindAGrave site with a link to the 1961 Virtual Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Ridgeway Funeral Home. A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2024, with a celebration of life to to follow. Full details as well as his obituary are listed...
We learned over the weekend that our 1961 classmate, Jerry Guthrie, passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2024. Our deepest condolences to his family and friends. A memorial has been set up for him on the FindAGrave website and linked to the 1961 Class Virtual Cemetery. A graveside service honoring and remembering Jerry will be held Wednesday, January 10th, at 1:00 PM, in Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, TN.
Another of our 1961 classmates, Beverly Jinelle Hainley, passed away last Sunday, December 17, 2023 in Jackson. Our sympathies go to her family and friends. A memorial has been created for her on the FindAGrave site and linked to the 1961 Class Virtual Cemetery. Her obituary can be found on the Ridgeway Funeral Home website.
Our 1961 classmate, Sue Gail Evans Carlton, passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at her residence in Puryear. Our condolences to her family and friends. Services are being handled by McEvoy Funeral Home. A memorial has been placed on the FindAGrave site for her and linked to the 1961 class Virtual Cemetery.
Yesterday we learned that our 1961 classmate, Clyde Enoch, passed away in Alabama on October 15. Our sympathy to his family and friends. A memorial to him has been placed on the FindAGrave website with a link to the 1961 class virtual cemetery. His obituary can be found here, posted in the Paris P-I.
We are sad to report that our 1961 classmate, Togie Rushing, passed away on Saturday. Our deepest sympathy to his family and friends, and especially to Susan Stewart, who works with me on this site and was a lifelong family friend. Susan has posted a memorial to him on the FindAGrave site with a link to the Class of 1961 Virtual Cemetery. His obituary can be found on the Ridgeway Funeral Home website.
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...
[caption id="attachment_1270" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Click on photo for full size image.[/caption] Yet another reunion! The Grove Class of 1961 held a reunion at Paris Landing on October 28th. A whole team was involved putting together the captioned photo, sent to us by Susan Stewart. Joe Routon had staged all the people so you could see their face then got in the photo for Marge to snap the shutter. Marge Barrows & Jack Veazey worked on it to get all the...
Pamela Diggs “Pam” Hamilton, age 77 of Buchanan, TN, died Monday, May 24, 2021, at her residence. Pam was an artist who loved hand painting Christmas balls. She was an active member of Sulphur Well Church of Christ where she was also a member of the Sewing Ladies, and Prime timers. She adored her grandchildren, was an avid reader, and loved taking care of her dogs and every creature that appeared at the house. She was born July 20, 1943,...
James Robert “Jim” Rowlett, age 77 of Paris, TN, went to see his Lord & Savior Thursday, March 11, 2021, at his residence. He was the longtime co-owner of Carpet World USA. He was a member of Fairview Baptist Church in Paris. Jim formerly owned and operated his car lot, “Trader Jim”, and ran McKee Supply, the EZ Ryder Trailer Company, and Mobile Sign. He enjoyed trips to the Gulf, bowling, and collecting Tennessee cars and coins. Jimmy was a...
Larry Joe Joyner passed away on December 3, 2019 in Hanford, California from complications of ALS. He was born on June 14, 1943 in Henry County, Tennessee and was a member of the Grove class of 1961. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Ann (Pruitt) Joyner, and his son Joel Joyner. He was the son of Joseph Ray Joyner and Keron Uzeal (Lane) Joyner, both deceased. Funeral services were handled by People's Funeral Chapel in Hanford, and was buried...
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