Funeral services for June McGee Groce, age 70 of the Mimosa Community, will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Chris Jones and Bro. James West officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Groce passed away Wednesday in Huntsville Hospital.
She was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late D. L. McGee and Clemma Moyers McGee who survives. Mrs. Groce started her banking career in 1968 with Union National Bank and was currently an employee of the First National Bank. She was a member of the Mimosa Church of Christ where she taught the cradle roll class and for many years was the treasurer for the Mimosa Community Club.
Survivors in addition to her mother include her husband Billy Groce and daughter Cindy Groce both of the Mimosa Community, several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Visitation with the family will be Thursday evening 5-8 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to the Mimosa Church of Christ, 436 Mimosa Road, Fayetteville, TN 37334 or the Nick Creson Scholarship Fund, 31 Hamestring Road, Fayetteville, TN 37334.
