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Elmer Thomas Gibbs

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Elmer Thomas Gibbs

Birth
Yarrelton, Milam County, Texas, USA
Death
4 Dec 2003 (aged 86)
Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, USA
Burial
Van Vleck, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Elmer T. Gibbs, 86, of Bay City died December 4, 2003 at Matagorda General Hospital. He was born December 30, 1916 in Yarrellton, Milam Co., Texas to the late Carroll Thomas and Maxie Lou Underwood Gibbs.

Mr. Gibbs was a member of the Baptist Church, a resident of Bay City since August, and a former longtime resident of Onalaska and Marble Falls, Texas. He was a veteran of WW II serving in the US Army Air Force and a dual life member of the Blue Bonnet Masonic Lodge # 1219 AF & AM in San Antonio, Texas and the San Andres Masonic Lodge # 170 AF & AM in Cameron, Texas.

Survivors include: sisters, Lucille Richardson and husband Morris of Houston and Irene Hale of Castroville, Texas; brother, Kenneth R. Gibbs and wife Beth of Houston; sister-in-law, Etta Jean Gibbs of Bay City; numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by sisters, Lacy Jewel Cleek, Zora Gracie Glauser, Mildred Lorraine Getty and Doris Evelyn Cockburn; and brothers, William Carroll Gibbs, Coleman Truett Gibbs, Joe Taylor "Pete" Gibbs and Harrell Denson Gibbs.

Funeral service were held 11 a.m. Saturday, December 6, 2003, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Zimmerman officiating. Interment followed at Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Van Vleck, Texas.

Pallbearers were Donald Richardson, Kenneth A. Gibbs, John Hale, and Bobby Bonorden. Memorials may be made to the Matagorda Co. Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 264, Bay City, Texas 77404-0264.

The family would like to thank Dr. Michael Neret for the wonderful care and support that he gave us during Mr. Gibbs' illness.

Arrangements were with Taylor Bros.Funeral Home.

The Bay City Tribune, Sunday, December 7, 2003
Elmer T. Gibbs, 86, of Bay City died December 4, 2003 at Matagorda General Hospital. He was born December 30, 1916 in Yarrellton, Milam Co., Texas to the late Carroll Thomas and Maxie Lou Underwood Gibbs.

Mr. Gibbs was a member of the Baptist Church, a resident of Bay City since August, and a former longtime resident of Onalaska and Marble Falls, Texas. He was a veteran of WW II serving in the US Army Air Force and a dual life member of the Blue Bonnet Masonic Lodge # 1219 AF & AM in San Antonio, Texas and the San Andres Masonic Lodge # 170 AF & AM in Cameron, Texas.

Survivors include: sisters, Lucille Richardson and husband Morris of Houston and Irene Hale of Castroville, Texas; brother, Kenneth R. Gibbs and wife Beth of Houston; sister-in-law, Etta Jean Gibbs of Bay City; numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by sisters, Lacy Jewel Cleek, Zora Gracie Glauser, Mildred Lorraine Getty and Doris Evelyn Cockburn; and brothers, William Carroll Gibbs, Coleman Truett Gibbs, Joe Taylor "Pete" Gibbs and Harrell Denson Gibbs.

Funeral service were held 11 a.m. Saturday, December 6, 2003, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Zimmerman officiating. Interment followed at Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Van Vleck, Texas.

Pallbearers were Donald Richardson, Kenneth A. Gibbs, John Hale, and Bobby Bonorden. Memorials may be made to the Matagorda Co. Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 264, Bay City, Texas 77404-0264.

The family would like to thank Dr. Michael Neret for the wonderful care and support that he gave us during Mr. Gibbs' illness.

Arrangements were with Taylor Bros.Funeral Home.

The Bay City Tribune, Sunday, December 7, 2003

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  • Maintained by: Carol Gibbs Relative Niece/Nephew
  • Originally Created by: Prissy53
  • Added: Apr 8, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68096651/elmer_thomas-gibbs: accessed ), memorial page for Elmer Thomas Gibbs (30 Dec 1916–4 Dec 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68096651, citing Roselawn Memorial Park, Van Vleck, Matagorda County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Carol Gibbs (contributor 46942070).