Updated: November 14, 2017

GENTRY "JIM" GROOMS, 87, OF ST. JOESPH, DIED MONDAY. HE WAS RETIRED FROM LORETTO CASKET COMPANY, THACKER CASKET COMPANY, AN AIR FORCE VETERAN AND OF THE METHODIST FAITH.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE: JEAN GROOMS; TWO DAUGHTERS: PAM LUMPKINS AND MARTHA RICKETTS; ONE BROTHER: HOLLIS GROOMS; THREE SISTERS: REBA COATS, JANE LAROCHE, AND PAULETTE GROOMS; TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR GENTRY "JIM" GROOMS WILL BE THURSDAY AT 1 AT GREENHILL FUNERAL HOME WITH BURIAL AT ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE VISITORS WEDNESDAY FROM 5 TO 8.