FITZGERALD —
James F. Gibbs, 81, of the Salem community in Ben Hill County, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at Phoebe Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Salem Baptist Church, Ben Hill County, with the Rev. Brent Duncan, the Rev. Rex Johnson and the Rev. Dudley Cook officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 this evening at Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald.
Mr. Gibbs was born Oct. 31, 1930, in Ben Hill County to the late Joseph Gibbs and Ora Harlson Gibbs. A lifelong resident of Ben Hill County, Mr. Gibbs was a farmer. He was a member of Salem Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher. He was a member of Pine Level Lodge #353 F&AM where he recently was awarded his 50-year apron. He was also a member of the Hasan Shrine in Albany and a former member of the Ben Hill County Board of Tax Assessors.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Frances James Gibbs of Ben Hill County; daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Larry Brown of Ben Hill County; son and daughter-in-law, Donnie and Dawn Gibbs of Ben Hill County; grandchildren and their spouses, Kristie B. and Mac Cleghorn, Kendall and Steven Boyd, Kelli Gibbs Ash and Kole James Gibbs; great-grandchildren, Cam Cleghorn, Bree and Blaire Boyd and Elli Ash; brother and sister-in-law, Calvin and Ruby Gibbs of Ben Hill County; and two sisters, Lillian Dowdy of Seville and Lina Perry of Lake Blackshear.
To sign the online registry, go to www.paulkfuneralhome.com.
Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, is in charge of arrangements.
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