J. W. "Sonny" Grubbs, 68, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006 at his residence after a brief illness. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006 in the chapel of Osborn Funeral Home in Shreveport, LA. Officiating will be Monsignor Carson LaCaze. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Greenwood, LA.

Sonny was born June 7, 1938 in Boydsville, AR and a resident of Shreveport since 1955. He joined the U. S. Army 55th Artillery Battalion and in 1958 he married Shirley Ann Hill a native of Shreveport. He was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

Mr. Grubbs was preceded in death by his father, Woodrow Grubbs; and sister, Ruthie Grubbs. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Shirley H. Grubbs; his mother, Essie Grubbs; one daughter, Rita Coleen Nelson and husband, Charles of Shreveport; one son, Gregory Steven Grubbs and wife, Sharon Yates of Haughton; three grandchildren, Cassie Amber Nelson-Parker and husband, Chris, III of Benton; Stephanie Danielle Grubbs and Samantha Kay Grubbs of Haughton; two sisters, Millie Tucker and Martha Tillman; four brothers, Harold Grubbs, C. W. Grubbs and wife, Judy, Herbert Grubbs and wife, Mary, and Jesse Grubbs and wife, Peggy; a number of great nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be R. C. Green, Tommy Dupree, Roger Connell, Willie Joe Green, Donald Green and Jerry Temple. Honorary pallbearer will be Sammy Charicho.

The family requests that memorials be made to the Shreveport Police Department Mounted Patrol or the Christus Schumpert Cancer Treatment Center.