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Submitted: 9/30/24 • Approved: 10/2/24 • Last Updated: 10/5/24 • R1543931-G1543931-S3
Jack
September 26, 1910 - January 10, 1994
Son of Claude Sr and Martha Ellen Jones Groves
Margaret
June 23, 1913 - February 22, 2002
Margaret Wilson Patterson Groves, 88, of Fort Smith died Friday, Feb. 22, 2002, in Fort Smith. She was born June 23, 1913, in Carlisle.
She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Fort Smith for 56 years, First Baptist Church Joy Singers and Berean Sunday school class, a former member of Gideon International Women's Auxiliary and Ann Wallern Women's Missionary Circle of First Baptist. She taught the 16-year-old girls' Sunday school class for more than 20 years and was one of the founding members of Fort Smith Hope Center, a long time member of Arkansas Retarded Citizens Association and a member of the Weight Maintenance Workshop for 30 years.
She was the widow of Jack Groves.
Funeral was in Fentress Mortuary Chapel in Fort Smith with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Smith.
She is survived by a daughter, Carol Ann Clifton of the home; a son, Jack David Groves of Conway; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jack Sallee, Alan Scott Clifton, Michael Barry Clifton, Michael Isaac Clifton and Jerry Don Green.
Honorary pallbearers were Claude Groves Sr. and James H. Groves.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 9/30/24 by Billsully060
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