Martha Ellen Graham Grooms was born March 18, 1947, and died March 17.
Raised in Lizton, Ind., Grooms was named Miss Union Township and Miss Hendricks County 1964 and graduated from Lizton High School in 1965. She attended Butler University and Indiana University Southeast. Martha moved to southern Indiana in 1969 and lived in Jeffersonville and New Albany before moving to Noblesville more than 20 years ago.
A recipient of the Sagamore of the Wabash award and Realtor of the Year by the Southern Indiana Board of Realtors in 1988, her past community involvement also included Alpha Epsilon chapter of Psi Iota Xi sorority, Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Sunnyside Toastmasters, Order of Eastern Star New Albany chapter, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Republican Precinct Committeeperson. She worked as a realtor in Southern Indiana and also in the Floyd County Assessors office. She was an active member of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Noblesville and plans for an upcoming memorial service are underway.
Grooms is preceded in death by her parents Hubert Oral Graham and Gladys May Garland Campbell and sister Marlene Olds. Survivors include aunt Edna Bailey, aunt Marie Haffner, uncle Floyd (Loretta) Garland, sisters Marge (Bob) Roser, Mary (Bob) McMurray, Marilyn Sharp and brothers David (Michelle) Graham and Charles Graham, significant other Darrell E. Nash, daughters Marcia E. (Jim Lemon) Grooms Taylor and Melissa (Mickey) E. Lee, grandchildren Bryan Boeshe Taylor, Maggie and Mason Lee, numerous cousins, nephews and nieces. Her body was donated to Indiana University School of Medicine.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Vincent Foundation, 8402 Harcourt Road, Suite 210, Indianapolis IN 46260.
