Funeral services for Mae Hutto Rhodes Gibbs, 75, of Fred will be 2:00 pm Sunday, April 21, 2013 at Farmer Funeral Home with interment following in Franks Branch Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 5:00 pm Saturday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Gibbs died April 18, 2013 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
Mae was born June 13, 1937 to Annie Bell and Amos Hutto. She was a lifelong resident of Fred and retired from Warren ISD, where she worked as a secretary at Fred Elementary. Mae loved her work and the children at Fred Elementary and they loved her in return. She will be missed by her family, friends and all who knew her.
She is preceded in death by her parents; first husband and father of her children, James Ray Rhodes; sister Jean Watts; brother Pat Hutto and son-in-law Mark Taylor.
Survivors include her husband Jack Gibbs of Fred; son Randy Rhodes and wife Brenda of Fred; step-sons Steve Gibbs and wife Rhonda of Pt Neches and Kent Gibbs of Pt Arthur; daughters Bonnie Rhodes Taylor of Houma, LA and Barbara Rhodes of Warren; step-daughters Cathy Brenner and husband Bill of Centerville and Stacey Phillips of Georgetown; sisters Ruby Stewart and Oneta Harris and husband Thomas, both of Fred; eight grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and other family members.