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Alma Lee Gray Squibb

1929 - 2025

Alma Lee Gray Squibb obituary, 1929-2025, Jonesborough, TN

BORN

1929

DIED

2025

FUNERAL HOME

Jonesborough Funeral Home and Cremation Services

1776 Highway 11 E

Jonesborough, Tennessee

UPCOMING SERVICE

Visitation

Aug. 7, 2025

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Sulphur Springs Methodist Church

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Alma Squibb Obituary

Alma Lee Gray Squibb

July 20, 1929 -

August 2, 2025

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7. On August 2, 2025, Alma Lee Gray Squibb slipped the bonds of this Earth straight into the loving arms of her Precious Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. Born on July 20, 1929, she was the third daughter of the late Hubert Harrison and Alva Murr Gray.

In addition to her parents Hubert and Alva Gray, Alma Lee was preceded in death by

her beloved husband, Bill; a brother, Horace Gray; two sisters, Dorothy Broyles and Bertha Keys; brothers-in-law Ronald Atwood, Dwight Barnes, Earl Keys, Gyp Broyles, and Don Squibb; sisters- in- law, Joyce Squibb, Barbara Squibb, Marguerite Gray, and Kaye Atwood, and grandson-in-law, Joseph Barrett.

Alma Lee is survived by one sister, Velma Barnes; one sister-in-law, Faye Squibb; two sons, John William "Johnny" Squibb, Jr. and Hal Mark Squibb (Cheryl); four daughters, Ramona Bird (David), Paula Maupin (Rick), Paulette Winkle (Robert), and Sarah Squibb; four grandsons, John William "Billy" Squibb III, Andrew Bird, Ricky Maupin (Emily), Christopher Winkle; six granddaughters, Amber Brooks (Jeremie), Catherine Squibb, Brittany Phillips (Eric), Andrea Smith (Zach), Jessica Barrett (special friends, Austin and Nate Fink), Rachel Hatch (Zac); four great grandsons, Luke Smith, Lenox Maupin, Cooper Phillips, Hudson Hatch; two great granddaughters, Lucy Maupin and Jacklyn Barrett, and special friend, Henry Walker, who affectionately called her Mamaw, and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Sulphur Springs Methodist Church on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at 7PM. with Dr. Scott Brady and Reverend Zach Smith officiating and music provided by Joshua McFadden, and Gail Morris. The family will receive friends from 5-7 PM prior to the service, and other times at the home of Paula and Rick Maupin. The internment service will be held Friday, August 8, 2025, at 11am., the Sulphur Springs Cemetery.

The Pallbearers will be grandsons and grandsons-in-law Billy Squibb, Andrew Bird, Ricky Maupin, Christopher Winkle, Austin Fink, Zac Hatch, Jeremie Brooks, and Eric Phillips.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Sulphur Springs Methodist Church Music Fund or the Sulphur Springs Cemetery.

To read the full obituary or to leave a condolence, please visit our website at www.jonesboroughfuneralhome.com.

Jonesborough Funeral Home, 423-722-8888

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Johnson City Press from Aug. 4 to Aug. 5, 2025.

Memorial Events
for Alma Squibb

Aug

7

Visitation

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Sulphur Springs Methodist Church

TN

Aug

7

Service

7:00 p.m.

Sulphur Springs Methodist Church

TN

Aug

8

Interment

11:00 a.m.

Sulphur Springs Cemetery

TN

Funeral services provided by:

Jonesborough Funeral Home and Cremation Services

1776 Highway 11 E, Jonesborough, TN 37659

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