George Thomas Grubbs, 78, husband of Patty Grubbs, died Monday, March 31, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital.
Born January 19, 1936, in Columbia, he was a son of the late George Washington Grubbs and the late Iris Virginia Barber Grubbs. He was a retired fireman for the City of Columbia with 25 years of service and he owned and operated Grubb's Transmission Service in Manning for many years. He was a Mason and he was of the Baptist faith.
He is survived by his wife of Manning; four sons, Tommy Grubbs of Pelion, Larry Grubbs of Lexington, Brian Grubbs of Manning and Gerald Grubbs of Columbia; nine grandchildren, Jona, Rebecca, Kahli, Toryn, Alijah, Bryce, Jonathan, Misty and Marissa; three brothers, Edward Grubbs of Columbia, Laverne Grubbs of Cayce and Roger Grubbs of Lexington; and three sisters, Carol Bowman of Gaston, Joyce Hicks and Wanda Wessinger, both of Elgin.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Dale Roach officiating.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Stephens Funeral Home.
Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. http://stephensfuneralhome.org
