William Carl "Shorty" Groseclose^[1]

1917 - 2002  (85 years)

• Name	William Carl "Shorty" Groseclose
  Born	5 Mar 1917	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Apr 2002	Lifecare Center of Jefferson City   [2, 3]
  Buried	27 Apr 2002	Jefferson Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I234116	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	John R. Groseclose,   b. 10 Dec 1887, Virginia ,   d. Jul 1974  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Anna Belle Carroll,   b. Abt 1887, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 24 Apr 2002  (Age ~ 115 years)
  Family ID	F89804	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ruby M. Baker,   b. 20 Dec 1920, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Aug 2008, Life Care Center of Jefferson City, Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee  (Age 87 years)
  Married	Abt 1946
  Family ID	F89807	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Mar 1917 - Tennessee Buried - 27 Apr 2002 - Jefferson Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 23 Nov 2003. Raymond Henry Groseclose obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 25 Apr 2002. GROSECLOSE, WILLIAM CARL "SHORTY" - age 85, of Jefferson City, Tennessee, passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at Lifecare Center of Jefferson City. He was a member of George Street United Methodist Church. He was a Veteran of World War II, and retired from White Stores Warehouse after many years. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Anna Belle Carroll Groseclose; brother, Garfield Groseclose; brother-in-law, Earl Baker and nephew, Harvey Richard Welch. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Ruby Baker Groseclose of the home.; daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Clark McCoig of Jefferson City; granddaughters, Sherry Howard and husband, Kenny of New Market, and Allison Wilson and husband Jerome of Talbott; great-granddaughter, Kennetha Turley and husband, Mark of Rutledge; great-grandson, Colt Howard of New Market, and great-great grandson, Joshua Turley of Rutledge; sisters, Mae Pollard and Edna Bryant; brother, Raymond Groseclose, all of Knoxville; brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, Ray and Bobbie Baker of Newport, and Helen Baker of Jefferson City, and several nieces and nephews, and cousins, special friends, W. C. and Jan Wood, and employees of Food Lion, and numerous special friends. Funeral services will be held at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2002, at the Farrar Funeral Home Chapel in Jefferson City with Reverend Stephen Burkhardt and Reverend Stacey Lawson officiating. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 27, 2002, at Jefferson Memorial Gardens. Family and friends will meet at the funeral home at 10:00 a.m. to proceed to the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m., prior to the service at the funeral home. The family will be at the home of Clark and Barbara McCoig in Jefferson City. In lieu of flowers, the family requests, memorial donations may be made to George Street United Methodist Church in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Arrangements by Farrar Funeral Home, 411 W. Broadway Blvd., Jefferson City, Tenn. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 414-07-7386. Issueed in Tennessee, residing in Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 84942415).