Grubb- James Ernest

Source: Obituary from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana, now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.

VEEDERSBURG, Ind. (CNS) — James Ernest Grubb, 71, of Veedersburg, died at 1:50 a.m. today (April 29, 1976) at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette. He had been a patient three weeks and ill two years. Born March 20, 1905, in Fountain County, he was the son of Granville P. and Mary B. Maiden Grubb, On Aug. 28, 1929, he married Doris Craig, who survives. A life resident of Fountain County, he was a 1924 graduate of Covington High. He had been a resident of Veedersburg since 1937. He was a farmer in early life and had been a construction worker for many years. He had worked as greens keeper at Sky Valley Golf Course at Hillsboro four years, retiring in 1970. He was a member of Laborers and Hod Carriers Local 274 at Lafayette and the old Kentuck Baptist Church. His hobbies were golf, bowling and horseshoe. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Deloris) Clodfelder of Danville Route 4 and Mrs. Norman (Linda) Allen of Covington; a son, Ernest of Covington Route 1; three brothers, Theodore, Granville Jr. and Charles, all of Covington; a sister, Mrs. Chester (Reatha) Powell of Covington Route 1; nine grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, two brothers and a sister. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home in Covington, with the Rev. James Daniel officiating. Burial will be in Bonebrake Cemetery south of Veedersburg. Visitation will be at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday. -- typed by Walt W

Note: this appeared in the Crawfordsville Journal Review April 29, 1976 p2