Beckham County, OK - Obits:  Cecil Horace Grubbs, 1992
Thursday, August 25, 2005

Submitted by:  sayrepl1@sayre.lib.ok.us  (Stacy Akins)
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GRUBBS, CECIL HORACE
 
B. 25 Jan 1921
D. 04 May 1992    
Fairlawn Cemetery
Beckham Co OK
 
Funeral services for Cecil Grubbs
will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Thursday, in the Martin Funeral
Chapel with Rev. Keith Russell of-
ficiating.  Burial will follow in the 
Fairlawn Cemetery under the direc-
tion of the Martin Funeral Home.
  Cecil Horace Grubbs was born in
Lexington, Tenn., on Jan. 25, 1921
and died Monday at the age of 71.  He
moved to Alabama with his family.
He was married to Mattie Pearl
Hicks on May 21, 1941 in Arkansas.
Cecil served in the U. S. Army during
WWII and after his discharge they
made their home in Shawnee.  In 1960
they moved to Blair and in 1973 to
Watonga and settled in Elk City in
1982 where they had lived since.
Cecil's working career consisted of
farming and construction and was
self employed for the last 12 years in
oilfield services.  His hobbies includ-
ed gardening, flowers and working
with wood.
  Survivors include his wife, Mattie,
of the Elk City home; his mother
Mrs. Bessie Grubbs of Terlock,
Calif.; also 6 children, Earl Wayne
Grubbs of Skagway, Alaska;
Carolyn Morgan of Elk City; Glenda
Wittmayer of Cordell; Tommy Sue 
Martz of Oklahoma City; Freddie
Joe Grubbs of Elk City; and Jimmie
Lee Grubbs of Watonga; 20 grand-
children and 13 great-
grandchildren; two sisters, Edith
Crites of Terlock, Calif.; and Pat
Lafevers of Springfield, Mo.; and
three brothers, Leaburn Ray Grubbs
of Oakdale, Calif.; Virginia
Grubbws of San Jose, Calif.; and
Grady Grubbs of Ogden, Ark. he was
preceded in death by his father, Ed-
ward Grubbs, in 1970.
 
Elk City Newspaper (Undated)(I left in the typos)
 
Stacy Akins