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- Gilbert adopted legally his sister Ova's oldest son, Billy GeraldGrooms, and raised him per Felix's request. See notes also under OvaMyrtle Grooms about Billy Gerald Grooms. Recent information fromBilly Gerald (March, 2004) is added as corrected birth date for Renaas 1899, and another son Richard Carl Grooms was also adopted.
OBITUARY: "GILBERT GROOMS FUNERAL IS SET FOR THURSDAY"
DIED: MONDAY - 08 JANUARY 1968.
SOURCE: Casey County News, Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky;www.findagrave.com
Funeral services for Gilbert Grooms, 64, will be held on Thursdaymorning at the McKinney-Burton Funeral Home. The Rev. Walter Arnoldwill officiate. Death came on Monday morning. He was found dead froma heart attack at his home in Liberty. He had been in ill health fortwo years and underwent an operation in the fall. He concluded hisbusiness career about two years ago when he sold his half interest inan active saw mill to his partner, Herman Cannon. He had been in thetimber business for many years. At one time he ran for sheriff andmade a good showing. It was the only time he ventured into politics.Certainly, he was one of the best loved men in the county. He wasborn March 24, 1903, the son of Felix Sherman and Martha Ellen VaughnGrooms in the Linnie area. He was married in 1925 to Rena Marple, whodied in 1957. They had no children but reared from infants Carl andBilly Grooms, of Louisville and Ludlow, respectively. He was abrother of Mrs. Mae Edmonson, Liberty; Mrs. Ova Wethington, Liberty;Claud Grooms, Crawfordsville, Ind.; and Mrs. Elsie Cundiff, Seymour,Ind. Burial will be at Salem Cemetery.
Relatives and friends of Gilbert Grooms were shocked Monday morning,jan. 8 when he was found dead at his trailer home by hisbrother-in-law, Perry Edmonson who was supposed to go to Lebanon withhim to have his glasses fixed. It was believed he died shortly aftergoing to bed around 9 o'clock on Sunday night. He had eaten dinnerwith his sister, mae, and husband Sunday and said he was feelingbetter than he had for some time. Gib was everybody's friend andgained many during his timber and sawmill business. Our sympathy goesout to his sons, Carl and Billy, brother Claud, sisters, Mrs. MaeEdmonson, Mrs. Lola Malone, Mrs. Ova Wethington and Mrs. Elsie Cundiffand families." A photo of the headstone was also available on theweb site. [Transcribed 13 September 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler & FamilyGenealogist; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]
Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000
Name: Gilbert Grooms
Death Date: 8 Jan 1968
Death Place: Casey
Age: 064
RESIDENCE: Casey
Volume: 1
Certificate: 331
Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line].Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
Social Security Death Index
Name: Gilbert Grooms
SSN: Private
Last Residence: 42539 Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States ofAmerica
Born: 24 Mar 1902
Died: Jan 1968
State (Year) SSN issued: Kentucky (1953 )
Source Citation: Number: Private; Issue State: Kentucky;Issue Date:1953. Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line].Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.
- (Medical):Per Obituary dated Mon- 08 Jan 1968
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