Memorial service for former Tipton resident, Barbara Hope Grubbs age 80, of Chandler, Oklahoma will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 29, 2018, at the First Baptist Church of Tipton with Rev. Les Banks officiating. Services are under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home of Frederick. Inurnment will be at a later date in the Eastview Memorial Cemetery in Vernon, Texas. Mrs. Grubbs passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018, in Chandler.

Barbara Hope (Liles) Grubbs was born April 13, 1938, in Vernon, Texas to Joe and Esther (Dye) Liles. She attended Vernon Public School, graduating from Vernon High School in 1956. On December 18, 1955, she and Harvey Joe Grubbs were united in marriage at Vernon, Texas. He preceded her in death on June 19, 2018. Barbara worked for National Bank of Frederick before transferring to BancFirst where she worked for many years before her retirement. She later worked for First National Bank in Altus, Tipton Office for a short period. She was a member of the Tipton First Baptist Church.

She is survived by two sons, Jeff Grubbs and his wife Debbie of Martha, Oklahoma and Mark Grubbs and his wife Ethel of Wellston, Oklahoma; seven grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Esther Liles; her husband, Joe Grubbs; two brothers, J.W. Liles and Johnny Liles; and one sister, Beryl Vaughn.

Memorial Contribution may be made to the Tipton First Baptist Church in memory of Barbara Hope Grubbs.