Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits?read=197 Surname: Clark, Grove, Johnson, Kerr, Langley, Neill, Phillips, Wheeler ------------------------- Hancock County Historical Society Carthage, Illinois Siegfried X Page 82 Lawrence S. Grove Funeral services for Lawrence Sydnor Grove, 57, of Plymouth were held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Cookson Funeral Home in Plymouth, the Rev. Robert Shobe officiating. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery in Plymouth. Mr. Grove was found dead about 1:10 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 29, in his home near Plymouth by Bernard Phillips and Homer Wheeler, who had gone to the Grove home to purchase a cow. It was apparent suicide with a 22 rifle. Death occurred sometime between 9:15 a.m. when Merle Johnson talked with Grove on the telephone and 1:10 p.m. when he was found. Born near Carthage Dec. 31, 1908 be was a son of Elzie and Mary Langley Grove. He attended Hancock County rural schools, and farmed about four miles northwest of Plymouth. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Blanche Neill of Stillwell; a niece, Mrs. Betty (Gerald) Clark of near Plymouth, who was reared in the Grove home; and three nephews. A brother, Bennie, preceded him in death. An inquest will be held Friday, Jan. 7, at the Cookson Funeral Home in Plymouth. - ------------------------------- Hancock County Historical Society Carthage, Illinois Obit 4 Page 7 PLYMOUTH MAN TAKES OWN LIFE WEDNESDAY A.M. Lawrence Grove In Ill Health Shoots Self Fatally; Funeral Friday Afternoon Lawrence Sydnor Grove shot himself fatally with a .22 calibre rifle at his farm home yesterday (Wednesday) morning sometime between the hours of 9:15 and 10:10 o'clock. Mr. Grove had been in ill health for some time and had been despondent. His lifeless body was found by Jack Phillips and Homer Wheeler who had gone to the Grove farm to look at a cow with the expectation of buying the animal. They had earlier talked with Grove by phone. An inquest will be held at the Cookson Funeral home by Coroner Dr. Richard D. Kerr of Dallas City Friday, January 7. / . . . . Funeral On Birthday Funeral services for Mr. Grove will be held at the Cookson Funeral home in Plymouth Friday afternoon at 2 the Rev. Robert Shobe officiating. Burial will be in Plymouth Rosemont cemetery. The final rites will be on Mr. Grove's 57th birthday. He was born Dec. 31, 1908 near Carthage to Elza and Mary Langley Grove. He served many years in the U. S. Navy receiving his discharge after World War I. For many years he and his mother resided on a farm west of Plymouth. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Blanche Neill of Stillwell, a niece, Mrs. Betty Clark, Plymouth R. R., who was reared in the Grove home, three nephews and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Bennie (Anna) Grove of Basco. His parents and a brother, Bennie are deceased. Mr. Grove held the foremost respect of many friends. He had never married. Link: Bryant Genealogy URL: <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bryant>