Mineola P. Grumbles

On Sunday, July 4, 2010, the portals of heaven opened to welcome the arrival of Mineola Page Grumbles. Standing to welcome her was her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, her beloved husband, Herbert E. Grumbles, Sr., her son, Herbert E. Grumbles, Jr., her sister, Lucinda Florene Page, and many relatives and friends. Mineola was born in Elgin, Texas on August 15, 1913, to Byrd Franklin Page and Roxie (Masters) Page. She was living in Austin, Texas. Mineola lived a long life in which she honored the Lord. She accepted the Lord as her Savior when she was a child and was baptized in the Colorado River. She graduated from Austin High School and from the University of Texas. Those who knew her knew a person who enjoyed many things throughout her life. She taught piano and organ, taught in Austin public schools, taught Sunday school, was a member of NARFE and ADK in which she held several offices, and knitted caps. The 400-500 caps she knitted each year went to mission groups all over the world and to people in Austin who needed warm caps. She loved her church, Hyde Park Baptist, and especially the people in the senior adult department. She was truly a loving, compassionate person who loved her Lord and her family. She was God’s child first and a mother second. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Richard and Janis Mather of Austin, Texas; a daughter-in-law and her husband, Wells and Vonnie Grumbles Akina of Fairfield, Califorina and many other family members and friends. A family visitation will be held Tuesday, July 6, 2010 from 5:00 p.m. til 8:00 p.m. at Cook-Walden Funeral Home. The celebration of her life will be Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the Colonal Chapel of Cook-Walden Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest at Live Oak Cemetery immediately after the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be sent to the Senior Adult Ministery at Hyde Park Baptist Church, 3901 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78759 or to Hospice Austin, 4107 Spicewood Springs Road, Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78759 Condolences may be made at www.cookwaldenfuneralhome.com