Grover E. Everett, 71, of Taylorville passed away at 9:35am Thursday, November 15, 2012 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.  He was born November 3, 1941 in Fisk, MO., the son of Charles and Dorris Mayberry Everett.  On August 31, 1968, he married Patricia Cumby in Funks Grove, IL.  Mr. Everett received his degree from Oakland City College in Oakland City, Ind.  He taught in Champaign for a short time and then worked as an administrator in Mental Health and then the Illinois Department of Corrections at Lincoln and Taylorville.  After he retired he was a life guard at the Taylorville Y M C A.  He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Taylorville and a member of the Springfield Bike Club and RUSA, a world wide biking organization.

Surviving are his wife; sons, Jeffrey Everett and wife Maria of Orleans, VT. and Mark Everett and wife Kathleen of Aurora; daughters, Sheryl Sinclair and husband Merrill of Atlanta, GA. and Elizabeth Mileham and husband Jeffrey of Rochester; 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild; and sister, Vera Middleton and husband David of Shelbyville.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Sunday, November 18, 2012 at McClure Funeral Home in Taylorville with Pastor Becky Lembke officiating.  Mr. Everett will be cremated following services.  Visitation will be held from 1:00pm until time of service Sunday, November 18, 2012 at McClure Funeral Home in Taylorville. 

Arrangements by McClure Funeral Home in Taylorville.  Condolences may be sent on-line at www.mcclurefuneralhome.com.  Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's research or Taylorville United Methodist Church.