On Monday, March 25, 2024, at the age of 93, Mrs. Mattie Lou (Isbell) Tubbs, a long-time resident of McCrory, Arkansas, departed this life to be with her Lord and Savior in Heaven. She was born in Jackson County, Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 1930, to Mrs. Ruth L. Ford.
Ms. Mattie attended Jackson County schools as a little girl. On June 27, 1946, she married her husband of 47 years, Mr. Henry Lee Tubbs. Together they raised five rambunctious boys. Ms. Mattie attended Rainer Grove Baptist Church and Patterson First Baptist Church. She had a love for the Bible, reading daily and quoting scripture. Ms. Mattie enjoyed working in her flower garden and raising vegetables for her family. An amazing cook, chicken and dumplings, chicken and dressing, and homemade yeast rolls were her family’s favorites. She enjoyed cats, feeding them daily and not turning any away, especially the bobtail cat that she named Bob. She had a love for her grandchildren; they would brighten her day with a smile on her face.
Ms. Mattie is preceded in death by her mother; her husband, Henry Tubbs; three sons, Ronnie Tubbs, Mike Tubbs, Sr., and Dannie Tubbs; two brothers, J. T. Isbell and R. D. Isbell; and two sisters, Emmer Meredith and Effie Faye Jobe.
Ms. Mattie is survived by two sons, James Tubbs and wife Faye of McCrory, and Dennis Tubbs and wife Angelia of Augusta; one brother, Lloyd Washburn and wife Linda of Henderson, North Carolina; 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be Ben Adler, Cecil Chandler, Jonathan Cortes, Dustin Morris, Jeff Reeves, and Matthew Tubbs.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 29, 2024, at the Whitehall Methodist Church Cemetery with Bro. Mike Tubbs, Jr. officiating.
Friends may visit the church beginning at 1 p.m. until service time.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Arrangements are by Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home of McCrory.
