Funeral services for Jack Murphy Gibbs, 87, of Fred will be 2:00 PM Sunday May 15, 2016 at Farmer Funeral Home with interment to follow at Davis Cemetery in Colmesneil at 4:30pm. Visitation will be Saturday from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the funeral Home.
Mr. Gibbs passed away May 11, 2016 at Cypress Glenn Nursing Home in Port Arthur.
Jack was born in Spurger and was a longtime resident of Fred. He was retired from Gulf Oil where he had worked as a maintenance superintendent. He was a member of the Snow River Masonic Lodge # 385, and past Master of Port Neches Masonic Lodge # 1163, and Jack served his country proudly in the United States Army with the 11th Airborne Division.
Jack is preceded in death by his father Andrew Elias “Jack” Gibbs; mother Sybil Lucille Gibbs; wife Mae Hutto Rhodes Gibbs; brother Elmo Gibbs; and sister Dorothy Mae Jones.
Survivors include sons Steven Gibbs and wife Rhonda of Port Neches, Kent Gibbs of Port Arthur; Step-son Randy Rhodes and wife Brenda of Fred; daughters Cathy Brenner and husband Bill of Centerville, Stacey Phillips of Crockett; Step-daughters Bonnie Taylor of Lumberton, and Barbara Ambrose of Fred; sister Mary Gibbs Davis of Houston; eight grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Jack will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
