Ranger Exes Memorial - RHS Class of 1970

Alta Huckaby ALTA FAYE HUCKABY GRUMBLES, 69, went on to her Heavenly Home on Oct. 11, 2020. Alta Faye was born Jan. 7, 1951 in Ranger, TX to Eulon Ira & Ruby Franklin Huckaby. She attended Ranger High School in the Class 1969/1970/1971. In Dec. of 1987, she married A.D. Grumbles in Ranger and he preceded her in death in Oct. of 2010. She worked in housekeeping for the Ranger Hospital until they closed. She was member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Ranger. Since 2018, she has been living in an assisted living facility in Hamilton, TX under the care of a devoted cousin, Margaret O'Neill. Alta Faye in preceded in death by her husband; an infant daughter, Mary Kay Grumbles; & siblings Eddie Huckaby (RHS-1973), Ruby Kay Huckaby (RHS- 1971), and Pete Brown. BROTHER: HARVEY "PETE" BROWN, 57, of Odessa & formerly of Ranger, TX died May 2, 2001 in Midland, TX, with burial at Evergreen Cemetery in Ranger. Mr. Brown was born on March 27, 1944 in Ranger to James Brown & Ruby Franklin. He was a Baptist and served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Odessa Lions Club. He worked in Ranger for many years as a truck driver for H.E.F. Oil Field. Survivors at the time of his death are three daughter, Gwen Thompson of Odessa, Kim McCormick of Odessa and Carla Lewis of Odessa; one son, Larry Ray Brown of Odessa; and one sister, Alta Faye Grumbles of Ranger.