Mrs. Ruth Craig Grooms, age 92, of Fulton died 2:14 a.m., April 4, 2011 at the Haws Memorial Nursing Home.
She was a member of the Parkway Church of Christ in Fulton, KY and was a resident at Haws Memorial Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and had also been the store manager of the former Montgomery Ward stores in Fulton, KY and Union City, TN; was a former Avon and Stanley Home
products representative; former secretary for the Parkway Church of Christ and she attended Draughn's Business College. She had lived in this area most of her life.
She is survived by three daughters Patsy Craven (Bob) of Fulton, KY, Pam Jackson (Richard) of Pilot Oak, KY and Tammy Curtis of Fulton,KY and a son Lowell Grooms (Barbara) of South Fulton,TN; 12 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband J.L. "Bill" Grooms, her
parents Ida Ethel (Marshall) and Wiley Black Craig, a son Billy Grooms,a daughter Ginger Gwen Grooms, two sons in law, Scott Curtis and Garry Moore, six brothers and six sisters, and a great grandson Caleb Turner.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Thursday, April 7,2011 at the Hornbeak Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in the Greenlea Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 5-9 pm on Wed. and after 8 am Thursday until the funeral hour.
Memorials may be made to the Parkway Church of Christ, PO Box 1642, Fulton, KY 42041, Kosair Childrens Hospital, 231 E. Chestnut St., Louisville, KY 40202 or the New Pathways For Children, PO Box 10, Melber, KY 42069.