Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
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BirthMar 20, 1912, Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina269,404, Richard Ellis Gibbs-Male-20 March 1912 – Deceased- •-GHZR-4Y2
DeathJul 5, 2003, Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi470, Richard Ellis “Dick” Gibbs Sr.
BurialMemorial Park Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee470, Richard Ellis “Dick” Gibbs Sr.
FatherHenry Ellis GIBBS (1871-1956)
MotherIda Medoria GERRINGER (1878-1926)
Spouses
MarriageOct 29, 1933, Lynchburg, Virginia269
ChildrenRichard Ellis (1942-2009)
Obituary Online notes for Richard Ellis GIBBS Sr.
Richard Ellis Gibbs

WATER VALLEY – R.E. “Dick” Gibbs, 91, died Saturday, July 5, 2003. He was born March 20, 1912, in Lexington, N.C. He was a retired employee of the J.C. Penney Company with 40 years of service. He was a member of Oakland Methodist Church, East Memphis Exchange Club and Billy's Creek Water Association, and a two-year member of the board of FHA.
He was preceeded in death by his wife Margarette B Gibbs (#113164199)

Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Seven Oaks Funeral Home with the Rev. Clay Baker officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens in Memphis.

Survivors include a son, Richard Ellis Gibbs Jr. of Memphis; a brother, Royce Gibbs (#49188519) of Newport News, Va. and grand children Richard E. Gibbs, III of Huntsville, AL and Thomas Gibbs of Maryville, TN; grenddaughter Lea Lunsford of Maryville, TN
470, Richard Ellis “Dick” Gibbs Sr.
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