Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Gibbs, E. G. "Bunkum" December 24, 2009
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The Berrien Press - December 30, 2009
ENIGMA - Mr. E. G. "Bunkum" Gibbs went home to be with Jesus Thursday evening, 
Dec. 24, 2009 after a day of celebration with his family and close friends at 
his residence in Enigma. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today in the 
chapel of Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors with Dr. Danny Ray officiating. 
Burial will follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. Mr. Gibbs' grandsons, George 
Gibbs, Michael Gibbs, Rocky Gibbs, Bruce Gibbs, Derrick Gibbs and Chance 
Fussell, will serve as pallbearers. Born March 30, 1922 in Berrien County to 
George Gibbs and Lula Garren Gibbs, both deceased, Mr. Gibbs was also preceded 
in death by an infant granddaughter, Melissa Ann Gibbs; his son, Franklin 
Harrell who was killed in Vietnam; and his grandson, Sgt. Mathew Gibbs, who 
was killed in Iraq. Mr. Gibbs served in the United States Navy in the South 
Pacific during World War II, retired from Short and Paulk Lumber Co in Tifton 
and attended Victory Tabernacle Holiness Church. He is survived by his wife of 
60 years, Florence Harrell Gibbs; a daughter, Agnes Gibbs of Enigma; three 
sons and daughters-in-law, Horace G. and Janice Gibbs of Valdosta, Nelson H. 
and Becky Gibbs of Enigma and Paul Vincent and Kathleen Gibbs of Charleston, 
S.C.; nine grandchildren, Dottie Morrison, George Gibbs, Michael Gibbs, Rocky 
Gibbs, Bruce Gibbs, Derrick Gibbs, Melissa Gibbs, Felicia Carr and Sarah 
Fussell; plus 26 great-grandchildren; and his sister, Gerether Hudson of 
Macon. The Gibbs family wishes to thank the entire staff of Hospice of Tift 
Area for their loving kindness and care they were given during Mr. Gibbs' 
lengthy illness. Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors are in charge of 
services. 

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