Our 1966 classmate, Jimmy Oliver, passed away in Paris on Friday, October 17, 2025. Our deepest sympathy to his family and friends. A memorial has been created for him on the FindAGrave website and linked to the 1966 Class Virtual Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by McEvoy Funeral Home, and his obituary can be found on their website. A private family graveside celebration of life will be planned for a later date.

This is the group of young folks from the Grove Class of 1966 who got together for lunch in September and made fun of how much we had changed. Anyone who wants to add their married name or where you call home live now, please do so. If any names are wrong, please blame Gary Odom. I am looking forward to seeing more of you at Fish Fry 2026 when we have our 60th reunion.

Our 1966 classmate, Bobby Farmer, passed away Monday, Dec 9th in East Point, GA. Our sympathy to his family and friends. A memorial has been created for him on the FindAGrave website and linked to the Class of 1966 Virtual Cemetery. See his obit at the link below: https://www.thomasscroggsfuneraldirectors.com/.../robert...

Our 1966 classmate, John Michael "Mike" Barnett passed away on Friday, November 22, 2024 in Paris. Our sympathy to his family and friends. A memorial has been created for him on the FindAGrave website and linked to the virtual cemetery for the class of 1966. Services will be on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at McEvoy Funeral Home, and his obituary can be found on the McEvoy website.

We've just learned that our 1966 classmate, Andy Guinn, passed away on August 18, 2024 at his home in Mississippi. He was the brother of our 1962 classmate, DiAnne Guinn Phillips, who recently passed away. Our sympathy to his family and friends. A memorial has been created for him on the FindAGrave website and linked to the 1966 class Virtual Cemetery. His obituary can be found on the Riemann Family Funeral Homes website.

Our 1966 classmate, Hattie Reynolds Smith, passed away on August 13 in Paris. Our sincere condolonces to her family and friends. A memorial has been created in her name on the FindAGrave website and linked to the  Class of 1966 Virtual Cemetery. Services will be held for her on August 31st. Details can be found on the McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home website.

Our 1966 classmate, Don Ridgeway, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2024. Our condolences to his family and friends. A memorial to him has been placed on the FindAGrave website with a link to the 1966 class virtual cemetery. His celebration of life service will be Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 4:00 pm at First Baptist Church in Paris. A complete obituary will be posted as soon as possible on the Ridgeway Funeral Home website.

Our 1966 classmate, Patricia “Pat” Massey of Puyear, TN, passed away last Sunday. Our condolences to her family and friends. Her memorial has been placed on the FindAGrave site with a link to the 1966 class Virtual Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Ridgeway Funeral Home.  

We were saddened to learn that Frederick McConnell “Mac” Wiggins, age 75, passed away on October 14, 2023, after a brave fight with a long illness. Our codlences go out to his family and friends. A memorial to Mac has been placed on the FindAGrave site, as well as a link to the 1966 class virtual cemetery. His full obituary can be found on the Ridgeway Funeral Home site.

[caption id="attachment_1353" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Cletis Edward Whitaker[/caption] We are saddened to learn that our former classmate, Cletis Edward “Ed” Whitaker, passed away on October 6, 2023. Our condolences to his family and friends. A memorial has been placed on FindAGrave, however, we need your help. There is an "Eddie" Whitaker in both the classes of 1965 and 1966, and the pictures are different. We want to list him in the proper class, so we would love to hear from any...

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...

Mr. Larry Q. Gregson, age 74 of Paris, Tennessee passed away at Henry County Medical Center on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. His funeral service will be 12:00 P.M. Friday, December 31, 2021 at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Randy Stephens officiating. Burial will follow the service in Spring Creek Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are Grant Norwood, Jeffery White, Burton Vick, Jerry Bomar, Ed Cuthbertson, Leon Rogers, Randall Jones and Vic Adams. Visitation is scheduled at McEvoy from 4:00 until 8:00...

Kelly D. Farris, age 74 of Paris, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Henry County Medical Center. His funeral service will be 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. John Smith of Fairview Baptist Church where Kelley was a member officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 PM Tuesday and after 11:00 AM Wednesday at McEvoy Funeral Home. Kelley was a school bus driver for the Henry County School...

Joe D. Brogdon, age 73 of Goodlettsville, TN passed away at his home, August 4, 2021 after a long battle with ALS. Joe was born in Paris, TN on October 16, 1947 to John Macon Brogdon and Hazel Lorene Nichols Brogdon. Joe joined the U.S. Navy and served during the Vietnam War. After his military service, he joined the Metro – Nashville Police Department, where he would serve for 30 years before his retirement. Joe was preceded in death by...

Carolyn White Cheek, age 72 of Paris, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2020 at Anna Mae Owen Hospice House of Murray, Kentucky. A private family graveside service will be held with burial at Olive Branch Cemetery and a celebration of life will be planned for a later date for the public to attend. Carolyn White Cheek was born March 22, 1948 in Dyersburg, Tennessee to the late Nelson White and the late Edith Hogue White. She is survived by her...

Charlotte Diane Pierce Garcia, age 71 of Paris, Tennessee passed away on Saturday June 6, 2020 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park following a private family graveside service conducted by her sons, Joseph and Joshua Garcia. Charlotte was born September 30, 1948 in Paris, Tennessee to the late Charles Edward Pierce and the late Marilee Rowlett Pierce. She was a member of the E.W. Grove High School Class of 1966. She is survived...