MARY  ALICE  GROVES,  83 of Canvas died Monday June 20, 2022 in the Ansted Center.  She was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Ellen Workman Adkins and was born in Clay County January 19, 1939.  Mary was a former cashier at Ben Franklin, GC Murphy and retired from Wal-Mart with over 20 years of service.  She enjoyed gardening and crocheting.

She was also preceded in death by her husband Jackie Groves and fourteen siblings, of which she was the youngest.

Surviving:

Son                 Fred (Anita) Groves             Canvas

Daughter       Cathy (Tim) Smallwood      Mt. Lookout

6 Grandchildren       Drew (Kim), Kirk (Rosalee), Mary Kate (Tyler), Dustin (Ashley), TJ and Jill

6 Great Grandchildren

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday June 24 ^th in the Waters Funeral Chapel at Summersville.  Burial will follow in the Adkins-Graham Cemetery at Persinger.

Friends may call at the funeral chapel one hour prior to the service on Friday.

www.watersfuneralchapel.com