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Walter Ray Grooms Sr.

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Walter Ray Grooms Sr.

Birth
Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA
Death
2 Dec 2006 (aged 69)
Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Bay Springs, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Walter Ray Grooms Sr.

CHERAW - Walter Ray Grooms Sr., 69, died Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006.

A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5 from Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Bay Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.

Born in Chesterfield, Mr. Grooms was a son of the late Walt and Ola Lee Johnson Grooms, and was the widower of Elizabeth Chavis Grooms. He was a retired textile employee and truck driver. Mr. Grooms was a United States Army veteran of the Korean Conflict.

Surviving are a son, Walter Ray Grooms Jr. of Cheraw; two grandchildren, Heather Grooms and Johnathan Grooms; three brothers, the Rev. Ellis (Omega) Grooms of Jefferson, Jimmy (Lanthy) Grooms of Bennettsville, and Otis Grooms of Ruby; and three sisters, Cathy Grooms and Gertrude (Ronnie) Turnage of Chesterfield, and Vera (Lowell) Tolson of Anderson.

Arrangements were entrusted to Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home. The Cheraw Chronicle & The Chesterfield Advertiser (Cheraw, SC), Thursday, Decenber 7, 2006.
Walter Ray Grooms Sr.

CHERAW - Walter Ray Grooms Sr., 69, died Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006.

A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5 from Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Bay Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.

Born in Chesterfield, Mr. Grooms was a son of the late Walt and Ola Lee Johnson Grooms, and was the widower of Elizabeth Chavis Grooms. He was a retired textile employee and truck driver. Mr. Grooms was a United States Army veteran of the Korean Conflict.

Surviving are a son, Walter Ray Grooms Jr. of Cheraw; two grandchildren, Heather Grooms and Johnathan Grooms; three brothers, the Rev. Ellis (Omega) Grooms of Jefferson, Jimmy (Lanthy) Grooms of Bennettsville, and Otis Grooms of Ruby; and three sisters, Cathy Grooms and Gertrude (Ronnie) Turnage of Chesterfield, and Vera (Lowell) Tolson of Anderson.

Arrangements were entrusted to Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home. The Cheraw Chronicle & The Chesterfield Advertiser (Cheraw, SC), Thursday, Decenber 7, 2006.


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  • Created by: Lisa Turnage
  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39408400/walter_ray-grooms: accessed ), memorial page for Walter Ray Grooms Sr. (12 Jun 1937–2 Dec 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39408400, citing Bay Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Bay Springs, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Lisa Turnage (contributor 46567289).