Cordelia "Delia" Grooms^{[1, 2]}

1883 - 1962  (78 years)

• Name	Cordelia "Delia" Grooms
  Born	8 Oct 1883	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Jan 1962  [3]
  Buried	Boyds Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I142698	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2003

  
  

  Father	John Lewis Grooms,   b. Feb 1852, Tennessee ,   d. 31 Mar 1909  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Mother	Rutha E. Lunsford,   b. 10 Jul 1854, North Carolina ,   d. 11 Nov 1927  (Age 73 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1875	Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Headstones		John Grooms Born Feb. 1852 Died Mar. 31, 1909 Ruth Grooms Born July 10, 1854 Died Nov. 11, 1927
  Family ID	F53071	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John Wesley Kirby,   b. 10 Apr 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Jan 1936  (Age 52 years)
  Children	1. Minnie Kirby + 2. Kate Kirby,   b. 8 Jul 1905, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Jan 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 22 years)   3. May Kirby   4. Lawrence C. Kirby + 5. William Houston Kirby,   b. 12 Feb 1905, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Oct 1997  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F53056	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 8 Oct 1883 - Tennessee Buried - - Boyds Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S78] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume I, 1930-1954, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 3 Jan 1936. John Kirby obituary [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 25 Oct 1997. William Houston Kirby obituary [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 28 Jan 1962. Kirby, Delia Grooms 83 widow of John b. 10-20-78 TN d. 1-28-62 Oak Ridge res 194 Robertsville Rd Oak Ridge f. Lewis Grooms m. Ruth Lunsford Survivors: 2 dau Mrs James A Hale Oak Ridge Mrs Gilbert Mowery Knox sons Houston Sev L C Knox 19 gc 32 ggc bro Oscar Grooms Knox sis Mrs Martha Patty Walland. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 219. [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name John H Grooms Event Type Marriage Event Date 06 Aug 1875 Event Place Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Rutha S Lunsford Spouse's Gender Female "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893F-CPRC?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-1HH%3A1589264711%2C1589374329 : 22 December 2016), Sevier > Marriage registers, 1856-1883, vol 1-3 > image 319 of 757; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.