Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine K. Groce, age 78, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2 PM Tuesday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Bro. Craig Clemons and Bro. Tommy Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Groce passed away Sunday morning at Donalson Care Center.
A daughter of the late Allen Clyde and Mildred Irene Smith Kimbrough, she was a native of Lincoln County, a secretary with the USDA for 44 years, and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years Carl Groce of Fayetteville, daughter Beverly Crabtree and husband Marc of Fayetteville, grandchildren Whitney C. Duncan and husband Dakota and Casey L. Crabtree, great-grandson Lakota Diesel Duncan all of Fayetteville, sisters Rachel Kimbrough and Julia Quick both of Vanntown, and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters Sandra K. Warren and Jane K. Simms and brother James (Sonny) Kimbrough.
Visitation with the family will be from 5-8 PM Monday evening at Higgins Funeral Home.