Blanche Groves: From Lillie to China with love

As I read about the airmen, soldiers and marines from Collingsworth County who were held as prisoners of war, I realized that there were also those in the “ L o r d ’s Army” who were interned or imprisoned. The following is the story of one, a former Lillie school teacher who became a missionary to China and was held prisoner by the Japanese early in World War II. When the Lillie Community,…