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Submitted: 10/12/20 • Approved: 10/12/20 • Last Updated: 10/15/20 • R358072-G0-S3
October 8, 1887-December 29, 1970
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
STINNETT - Funeral services for Amos Groves, 83, of Stinnett, who died at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Hansford County Hospital in Spearman, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Stinnett Church of Christ.
Tommy Anderson, minister, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery under the direction of Minton Funeral Home of Borger.
Mr. Groves was born in Denton County and moved to Hutchinson County in 1908. He was a farmer and rancher and was at one time employed by the Gulf Oil Corp.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Edger Britain and Mrs. Orin Thompson, both of Stinnett and Mrs. J.H. Morton of Borger, and four brothers, Richard, Ernest and Paul, all of Stinnett, and Fred, of Portales, N.M.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 30 Dec 1970, Wed - Page 26)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: James Amos Groves
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1897 [sic] - clearly 1887 on the document
Birth Place: Texas, USA
Residence Place: Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: James Amos Groves
Gender: Male
Residence Age: 55
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1887
Residence Date: 1942
Residence Place: Stinnett, Texas, USA
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: James Amos Groves
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 83
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1887
Birth Place: Denton, Texas
Residence: Spearman, Hansford, Texas, USA
Death Date: 29 Dec 1970
Death Place: Spearman, Hansford, Texas, USA
Father: R F Groves
Mother: Maggie Myers
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