The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 12, 1995             TAG: 9501120302
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHAMBLEE, GA.                      LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

SIDNEY R. GROOME JR.

Sidney R. Groome Jr., 66, died on Jan. 10, 1995, in his home in Chamblee.

Born in Portsmouth, Va., he had resided in the Atlanta area 42 years. He was a retired bondsman and was predeceased by his wife, Sue E. Groome; his parents, Mary L. Groome and Sidney R. Groome, and his sister, Mary Louise Groome.

Survivors include two daughters, Sherrie Groome of Fayetteville, N.C., and Donna Nisterly of Dallas, Ga.; two sisters, Bertha G. Chernich of Fountain Hills, Ariz., and Eileen Cramer of Virginia Beach; a grandson, Jesse Garner of Fayetteville; and two stepsons, James and Joseph Emory of Atlanta, Ga.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Patterson Oglethorpe Funeral Home in Atlanta. Burial will be in Marietta, Ga.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB