A funeral service for Mrs. Dapha Sanders Grubb, 93, of Marshall will be held at 10:00a.m., Monday, July 24, 2017 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow the service in Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation with family and friends will take place Sunday, July 23, 2017 at Downs Funeral Home from 5:00p.m. - 7:00p.m. Mrs. Grubb passed away Thursday, July 20, 2017 in Marshall.

Dapha Sanders Grubb was born May 02, 1924 in Beckville, Texas to Jerry and Sybil Wyatt Sanders. Mrs. Grubb was a lifetime resident of Marshall. She made many friends here over the years and touched many lives. She loved hosting backyard celebrations including, weddings, graduation parties, baptisms and other church activities. She loved working in her flower gardens and took pride in having a beautiful yard. For 17 years Mrs. Grubb was a member of the ladies auxiliary where she was very active at Good Shepherd Medical Center. She was a member of Central Baptist Church where she participated in the choir as part of the Wise Old Owls. Dapha Grubb loved her church, her church family and the Lord. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend.

Mrs. Grubb is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, John and Brenda Whitaker; daughter, Karen Morgan; two sisters, Christine Jarnigan and Joyce Lumpkin; four grandchildren, Traci Davis and her husband, Eddie, Keith Whitaker and his wife, Kim, Tami Belanger and her husband, Troy, and Melissa Carter and her husband, Roger; great-grandchildren, Maddox Whitaker, Melani Belanger, Nixon Whitaker, Dylan Belanger, Cameron Carter, Dalton Carter, Morgan Maddox, Ethan Carter, Duston Davis. Also surviving Mrs. Grubb are numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.