
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, November 7, 1993                   TAG: 9311080205
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MIDLOTHIAN                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT GROVES, DENNIS LANIER

GROVES, Dennis Lanier, 55, of 2505 Tanglebrook Road, Midlothian, Va., died Friday, November 5, 1993, at his residence. He was the husband of Janet Treynor Groves. Mr. Groves was born in Covington, Va., a son of the late Fred M. Groves and Odelle Dressler Groves. He was an employee of the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Groves was a member of Green Memorial United Methodist Church in Roanoke, where he served as treasurer, a member of the Church Board, the Chancelor Choir, and also served as soloist. He was a member of Covington Lodge 171 AF & AM and was a 32nd degree Mason. He was also a member of the Elks BPO Lodge. Other than his wife, Mr. Grove is survived by one son, John Frederick Groves, Tallahassee, Fla.; two daughters, Julia Anne Groves, Midlothian, Jaclyn Amanda Groves, Midlothian; two stepchildren, Mrs. Gena T. Rice and Gregory G. Tucker, both of Columbia, S. C.; one brother, Charles David Groves, Northville, Mich.; two aunts, Mrs. Alma Brolding, Hillsboro, Ohio and Mrs. Murklaud Turner, Arlington. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday from the Loving Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Charles Hunt and Rev. Rufus O'Quinn officiating. Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Loving Funeral Home and other times at the residence of Mrs. Donald Frazier, 1416 Franklin Ave., Covington. The family suggests that memorial tributes take the form of contributions to the Hospice Program at Johnson Willis Hospital, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Richmond, or to the American Cancer Society, C/O Mrs. Doris Dudding, 1610 Carpenter Drive, Covington, Va. 24426.

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