David Ray Grooms, 64, Harrisonville, MO, passed away Thursday, August 26, 2021 in Harrisonville.  Inurnment will be held at a later date.

David was born August 12, 1957 in Kansas City, MO, a son of David C. and Nellie M. (Smith) Grooms.  He was a 1975 graduate of Center High School in Kansas City.    He worked as a printer for Summit Litho Inc. for 35 years before retiring in 2015.  David enjoyed the outdoors, camping and fishing.

David was preceded in death by his parents.  He is survived by two daughters, Kristi Adair (Mike), Harrisonville, MO and Kerry Uptergrove (Brant), Tipton, MO; two sisters, Donna Nightingale (Troy), Lake Elmo, MN and Mary McMahon (David), Lee's Summit, MO; one brother, Rick Grooms, Lee's Summit, MO; and five grandchildren, Kage and Owen Adair, and Lila, Hannah and Brant Uptergrove Jr., and many nieces and nephews.