Evelyn Grubb Obituary

April 24, 2025

Mrs. Evelyn Grubb, age 77 of Gray, Kentucky departed this life on Monday, April 21, 2025, in the St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. She was the widow of Ova Grubb and the daughter of Elbert and Viola Smith born to them on July 6, 1947.
Evelyn was a member of the Grubb Pentecostal Church. She loved reading her bible, singing hymns, cooking, gardening and enjoying her grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Elbert and Viola Smith, her husband Ova Grubb along with ten siblings, Frank Smith, Lillie B. Collett, Sue Fugate, Thurman Smith, Burchell Smith, Escelene Ellison, Billie Joe Smith, Geneva Smith, Geraldine Smith, and Verdia Frost.
Left behind to mourn her passing, five children, Dottie Lynn Smith of Pineville, Pamela Ballard and husband Tom of Bardstown, Cindy Mills of London, Deborah Mills of Pineville and Deanna Fore and husband Matthew of Gray, one brother, Curtis Smith of Maryland and one sister, Mae Jones of Pineville, nine grandchildren, Chelsie Mills and James Patterson, Joseph (Maddison) Mills, Joshua (Leandra) Ballard, Rebecca (Nick) Mudd, Jacob (Hailey) Ballard, Katie Ballard and fiancé Cole Mingus, Sarah Elizabeth Carnes, Hunter Michael West and Isabella Clariese Mills, thirteen great-grandchildren, Adaline Grace Patterson, Kaelab Ballard, Margaux Ballard, Pepper Ballard, Aiden Mudd, Eli Mudd, Noah Mudd, Miles Mudd, Jacob Ballard, Austin Ballard, Macy Elizabeth Carnes, Addison Olivia Carnes and Keneddy Reese Willow Carnes. She also leaves behind many other relatives and friends to mourn her passing.
Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn Grubb will be conducted in the Hampton-Hutton Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Paul Mitchell and Rev. Rodney Edwards officiating. He will be laid to rest in the Grubb Cemetery on Acorn Fork. The Pallbearers will be Matthew Fore, Joseph Mills, Hunter Michael West, Jacob Ballard, James Patterson and Tom Ballard. Hampton-Hutton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Friends will be received at the funeral home on Friday evening from 5:00 until 9:00 p.m. and on Saturday until the hour of service at 11:00 a.m.
To the Grubb family, the staff of the Hampton-Hutton Funeral Home would like to offer you our heartfelt sympathy during your time of bereavement.