Beth Donaldson

Beth was born in Greensboro, NC on September 22, 1965, to Ephraim E. “Butch” Grubbs, Jr. and Doris Simpson Grubbs. As the first grandchild in the Simpson and Grubbs families, she was adored by her grandparents Eph and Edna Grubbs and M.B. “Sonny” and Doris Simpson. In addition to her parents and grandparents, she was preceded in death by her brother David Grubbs and Uncle George Grubbs.

Surviving are her daughter Sarah Elizabeth Donaldson and son Andrew David Donaldson; brother Col. Ephraim Grubbs III (Renee); nephews Lieph, Adam, Eli, and Noah Grubbs; uncles Morrie (Martha) and Paul (Janice) Simpson; aunts Martha Simpson Honeycutt (Eddie), Crystal Grubbs Creed (Jerry) and Jean Grubbs Blue (Duke) and many cousins and other family members.

Beth grew up in Kernersville, Greenville, and Hampstead in North Carolina. She attended Salem Academy and graduated from Topsail High School. She studied at UNC Chapel Hill and graduated from the Mississippi University for Women with a degree in English. Beth’s passion for the English language was shown through her devotion to teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to students in Japan as well as those non-native English speakers relocated in the United States. She had an immense sense of humor and she built lasting relationships with her students whom she cared about tremendously. A service will be announced later. Memorials may be made to the David H. Grubbs Memorial Foundation at

www.grubbsfoundation.com in Beth’s memory.