Valorie Groves Mathers
   Valorie Groves Mathers, 49, of Marietta died Friday (March 15, 2002) at Selby General Hospital.
   She was born July 11, 1952, in Marietta to Jack and Donna Price Groves. She had been employed for many years at Kay Jewelers in Parkersburg and was currently employed by A.V.I. Food Service at Marietta High School. She was a Baptist by faith and attended Twin Rivers Baptist Church.
   She is survived by her husband, Rodney Mathers; two sons, Brian Metcalf and his wife, Jamie, and Adam Metcalf, all of Marietta; one daughter, Amy Metcalf of Marietta; one stepdaughter, Debbie Watson of Middlebourne, W.Va.; one stepson, Jerry Mathers of Middlebourne; her father and stepmother, Jack and Lynne Groves of Marietta; one sister, Renee Hodge and her husband, Kim, of Marietta; two granddaughters, Jasmine and Ariel Metcalf, both of Marietta; two step granddaughters of Marietta; one step grandson of Marietta; two nieces, Jessica Hodge Beddow and her husband, Derrick, and Meredith Hodge, all of Marietta; and one nephew, Kyle Hodge, of Marietta.
   She was preceded in death by her mother and one uncle, Jack Price.
   Services are at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home in Marietta with Pastor James P. Rushing Jr. officiating. Burial is in East Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. Visitation begins at 2 p.m. Saturday with the family present from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Taken from The Marietta Times; March 16, 2002