Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
NameMaxcine Grooms 
Birth26 Jun 1931, Rector, Clay, Arkansas
Death6 Mar 2020, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Age: 88
FatherOrval S. Jones
MotherBernice Hogeland (1913-1968)
Notes for Maxcine Grooms
Obituary Maxcine Smith (nee Grooms), age 88 of St. Louis, Missouri, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 6, 2020. Maxcine was born on Friday, June 26, 1931 in Rector Arkansas, the daughter of Tyler and Bernice (nee Hogeland) Grooms. She was a factory worker, the conductor for the Scruggs Department Store's Christmas train for children, a beautician and a very proud wife and mother.
Maxcine was preceded in death by her father, Tyler Grooms; her mother, Bernice Grooms; her loving husband, Dillon Smith; her baby girl, Kathy; her brother, Arlynn (Norma Jean) Jones; and her sister, Freda (George) Smith.
Maxcine is survived by her three sons, Steve (Kathy) Smith, Gary Smith and John Smith; her brothers, Norman Grooms and Alva (Sandy) Jones; her sister, Reba Jones; her grandchildren, Melanie (Vamsi) Nukala and Jerod Smith; two great-grandchildren, Kiran and Kethan; special friends, Chris, Tiny and Betty; and so many other wonderful family members and friends.
Maxcine loved to dance, enjoyed watching the St. Louis Cardinals (although not always a fan of their coaches and managers), and bought herself a Nash Metropolitan in 1959 which later led to her husband's collection of them. She would tell you what she thought in a "New York minute."
Services: Visitation at SHEPARD FUNERAL CHAPEL, 9255 Natural Bridge Road at I-170, St. Louis, Missouri (314-426-6000) on Tuesday, March 10 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with the Funeral Service also at SHEPARD FUNERAL CHAPEL on Wednesday, March 11 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Burial follows at Valhalla Cemetery, 7600 St. Charles Rock Road, St. Louis, Missouri.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, Maxcine's family suggests memorial contributions be made to the St. Louis Peregrine Society, Inc., 2343 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63139 (314-781-6775).
of Knob Lick in 1987
Maxcine was preceded in death by her father, Tyler Grooms; her mother, Bernice Grooms; her loving husband, Dillon Smith; her baby girl, Kathy; her brother, Arlynn (Norma Jean) Jones; and her sister, Freda (George) Smith.
Maxcine is survived by her three sons, Steve (Kathy) Smith, Gary Smith and John Smith; her brothers, Norman Grooms and Alva (Sandy) Jones; her sister, Reba Jones; her grandchildren, Melanie (Vamsi) Nukala and Jerod Smith; two great-grandchildren, Kiran and Kethan; special friends, Chris, Tiny and Betty; and so many other wonderful family members and friends.
Maxcine loved to dance, enjoyed watching the St. Louis Cardinals (although not always a fan of their coaches and managers), and bought herself a Nash Metropolitan in 1959 which later led to her husband's collection of them. She would tell you what she thought in a "New York minute."
Services: Visitation at SHEPARD FUNERAL CHAPEL, 9255 Natural Bridge Road at I-170, St. Louis, Missouri (314-426-6000) on Tuesday, March 10 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with the Funeral Service also at SHEPARD FUNERAL CHAPEL on Wednesday, March 11 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Burial follows at Valhalla Cemetery, 7600 St. Charles Rock Road, St. Louis, Missouri.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, Maxcine's family suggests memorial contributions be made to the St. Louis Peregrine Society, Inc., 2343 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63139 (314-781-6775).
of Knob Lick in 1987