Trueman Lee Groves

Mr. Trueman Lee Groves, age 94, of Lyons, died Friday, July 10, 2026, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia following an extended illness. He was born in Copeville in Collin County, Texas and grew up in Mesquite, Texas. His father worked for the railroad, and he and his family lived in a railroad car for a few years. He entered the U.S. Army in 1949, and was stationed in Italy. After his military service, he returned to Mesquite and worked for Ford Motor Company for twelve years. Later, he built a church that he pastored for thirteen years. He and his late wife owned a boutique near Dallas, Texas, and he worked for a grocery sack manufacturing company as a machine engineer, including manufacturing sacks for Piggy Wiggly stores. He worked at Lowes in Terrell, Texas, for a couple of years and lived in Galveston, Texas, for many years before moving to Lyons in 2022. He enjoyed shooting pool and preaching the Gospel.

He is preceded in death by his first wife, Lottie Mae Groves; parents, Oscar Raymond Groves and Tommie Elizabeth Chandler Groves; one brother, Thomas Groves; a sister, Suzie Groves Vail.  

Mr. Groves is survived by his wife of twenty-five years, Angelina “Angel” Edenfield Groves of Lyons; two children, Ashley Schnitzer of Tomball, Texas, and Michael Schnitzer (USN) of Kingsland; one nephew, Oscar Groves of Chicago, Illinois; two nieces, Betty Groves Cortelli and husband Michael of Orlando, Florida, and Helen Groves of Iowa; son-in-law, Jake Edenfield of Lyons; and two sisters-in-law, Connie Lynn Herbaugh and husband Kenneth and Rosa Lee Buff, all of Reidsville.

A celebration of life will be held later at his home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to Shriners Hospitals for Children by visiting their website at donate.shrinerschildren.org.

Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home of Vidalia is in charge of arrangements.    

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