He married Aeolian Barnard and they gave birth to a daughter, Alondra Marie' DeGroat-Reid who currently resides in Atlanta GA with her husband Lee Reid and daughter Kiarie.
During the course of Michael's lifetime he also fathered 4 daughters (Michelle Hughes, Lisa DeGroat, Shelly Ann DeGroat and Ariana Gonzalez) and 2 sons (Michael Jr. and Michael Ryan).
He believed in a big family and he always stated he was trying to create a team!
He loved to cook, bake, dance, sing and listen to good music!
He was known as daddy by many!
Passed away on
April 4, 2010.
Michael will be missed by all who knew him and those who didn't will be missing out on a great man, with a kind heart.