Dorothy Haverty Grove (1900-1986) was born to James J. Haverty (1858-1939), the founder of Haverty Furniture Company, and Clara T. Malone (1859-1918) on February 3, 1900; she had nine siblings. She graduated from Emory University with a degree in Cultural Arts and married Dr. Lon Grove (1891-1963), a noted gastroenterologist, in 1922. They had two daughters, Dorothy Grove Glover (1923-2005) and Nina Frances Grove Harris (1925-?). Dorothy Grove was an author and art patron. She wrote two books, The History of the Atlanta Red Cross in World War II in 1948, and Cultural Atlanta at a Glance in 1950, which she co-authored with the Junior League of Atlanta. In 1943 she was named the first Woman of the Year in Arts. In addition, she helped found the Atlanta Symphony Guild, and was the president of the Guild's Women’s Committee; and was a board member of the High Museum of Art as well the Chairman of it's Public Relations Committee in the 1950s.