GROVES, LENNA HOOK
96, Spartanburg, w/o Claire Elmer Groves, 8-21-01 B2

Lenna Groves
SPARTANBURG - Services for Lenna Hook Groves, 96, of Apt. 52, 1705 Skylyn Drive, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 22, 2001, at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel conducted by Dr. Michael Vandiver. The family will receive friends following the service until 9 p.m. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, August 24, 2001, in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Columbia. The family is at Apt. 52, Skylyn Place. J.F. Floyd Mortuary is in charge. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Skylyn Place Resident's Fund, 1705 Skylyn Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29307, or Central United Methodist Church Building Fund, 233 N. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306, or Chapin United Methodist Church Building Fund, Chapin, SC 29036, or Hospice Special Needs Fund, 120 Heywood Ave., Spartanburg, SC 29302.

Mrs. Groves died Sunday, August 19, 2001, at her home. Born in Whiting, Iowa and a native of Huron, S.D., she was the wife of the late Lt. Col. Claire Elmer Groves and daughter of the late George Andrews and Ida May Parker Hook. She graduated from high school in Huron, S.D., and attended Huron College. She married Claire Groves in 1925 and moved to South Carolina in 1947 when her husband began his serve as a post engineer at Fort Jackson. They returned to South Carolina to retire in 1958 and lived on Lake Murray at Chapin until moving to Columbia in 1983. She moved to Skylyn Place Retirement Center in Spartanburg in 1991. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church of Spartanburg and was a former member of Bethel United Methodist Church in Columbia and Chapin United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her sons, Norman Dwight Groves of Lincoln, Neb., Andrews Eugene Groves and daughter-in-law, Margie Spearman Groves of Columbia, Richard Clair Groves and daughter-in-law, Aline Pope Groves of Atlanta, Dr. Rodger Dean Groves and daughter-in-law, Karen Payne Groves of Arlington, Texas; daughter, Joyce Groves Thompson of Lincoln; 16 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; seven great-great grandchildren.
Mrs. Groves was a kindred spirit whose grace and smile touched everyone she met. She will truly be missed by all who knew and loved her.

Source: State, The (Columbia, SC), August 21, 2001 Section: METRO/REGION Edition: FINAL Page: B4 SOUTH CAROLINA OBITUARIES: ACKERMAN - HAWKINS

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