Homegoing services for Mother Emma Lee Grooms who was called home by the Lord on Sunday, November 13, 2011, will be held on Saturday, November 19th, 11:00 a.m. at Brown's Memorial Church of God In Christ, 2313 E. 27th Ave, with Bishop Matthew Williams, officiating. Interment will be in Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery. Emma was born April 19, 1926 in Midway, Alabama and reared in Cuthbert, Georgia, by the late Fletcher and Emma Johnson Owens. She relocated to Tampa with her late husband, Walter Lee Grooms in the early fifties. Emma was a member of Brown's Memorial Church of God In Christ where she served as a dutiful and faithful member of the Adult Women's Sunday School Class and a member of the Mother's Board. After her retirement as an elevator operator at the University of Tampa she became a childcare provider, where she provided care for many members' children in her church as well as family and friends little ones. She was a loving, caring mother and a child of God who will be truly missed by all. She was preceded in death by her youngest son, Frank Grooms; grandson, Clifford Grooms, Jr.; brothers, Eugene Owens and Fletcher Owens; sister, Annie B. Owens; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Angeline and Cornelius Grooms; sisters-in-law, Geneva Johnson and Gertha Graddy; brothers-in-law, William Graddy, Kaiser Grooms, Robert Thomas Grooms and Dave Starling and nephew, William Graddy, Jr. She leaves to cherish her memory one daughter, W. Louise Holder (Bennie, Ret. Police Chief); two sons, Arthur James Grooms (Patricia) and Clifford Grooms all of Tampa; grandchildren, Rodney Holder (Tracy), Kia Holder, Marlon Wright, Myron Grooms (Tonya), Arthenia Rutledge (John, Jr.), Traietta Donshell Harris, Octavious Grooms (Shay) and Cornelious Green all of Tampa; great grandchildren, Rodney II, KiAngela and Benecia Holder, Myron, Jr., Myrion, Mickel, Mya and Myree Grooms, Joshua, Jamie and John Rutledge III, Tramarcus, Trent, Jr., and Trendaja Harris, Cory, Travis and Porshe Grooms, Marquisha Wright, Nathan Cogland and Kanenal Green, Tre'h Ford all of Tampa, and Maquesha Davis of Columbus, GA; one sister, Ruby Collier (James) of Tampa; one brother, James Owens of Columbus GA; special friends, Mother Hattie Wilson, Elder and Mother Atkins; and a host of other sorrowing relatives and friends. The viewing will be held at Aikens Funeral Home on Friday from 5-8 p.m. The family and friends are asked to meet at the church on Saturday for the service.