Donna Kay Groves, daughter of the late Herschel DeWitt and Linda Mitchell DeWitt, was born on February 27, 1961, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on June 2, 2022, at her residence in Morehouse, Missouri, at the age of 61 years.

Mrs. Groves was a homemaker, and she was a member of the Essex Church of Christ in Essex, Missouri.

On July 12, 1985, in Essex, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Thomas “Jimmy” Groves. Mr. Groves survives of their home in Morehouse.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her son Jeramy Roberts of Sikeston, Missouri; by her brother, Brad DeWitt and wife Jacinda of Bloomfield, Missouri; by two nieces, Erica Emison of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Taylor Balsman of Sikeston, Missouri; and she was a special Nana to her nephews, Ridge Emison and Hayes Emison of Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Hollis and Effie Dewitt; and by her maternal grandparents, Frank and Inez Mitchell.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, June 5, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Sunday, June 5, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. with Herman Morse officiating. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.