Obituary of John Wesley Gibbons, Grant Parish, 22 July 1966
Submitted by Jerry Nelson
Source:  Colfax Chronicle; Colfax, LA; Friday, July 22, 1966; p. 8
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J. W. Gibbons Dies Enroute To Hospital
John Wesley Gibbons Sr. died en route to Baptist Hospital Tuesday,
July 19.
A native of Evergreen, Ala., Gibbons was a retired commercial 
fisherman.
Arrangements for funeral services were incomplete Tuesday.  Burial was
to be at the Pollock Cemetery, where graveside services were to be
conducted by Anchor Lodge No. 261, F&AM, of which Gibbons was the 
oldest living member.
Survivors are his widow, Ethel Thompson Gibbons; a son, James Wesley
Gibbons Jr. of Pollock; three daughters, Edith G. Oubre of Loreauville,
Nellie G. Bennett of Pollock and Betty G. Matticari of Pittsboro, Pa.;
a sister, Epsie G. Hickman of Deville; a halfbrother, Pat Gibbons of
Deville, 13 grandchildren and four great great grandchildren