Major Rickie Groves died after contracting COVID-19 during a presumed exposure at the Kennett Police Department. Major Groves passed at St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Major Groves served with the Kennett Police Department for 35 years and previously for 2 years for the Poplar Bluff Police Department. He is survived by his five children. Interment: Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Kennett, Missouri.