Obituaries:  Levolia Maxie Cole Gibson, Sabine Parish       G-125
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 10, 1976
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Levolia Maxie Cole Gibson (Photo)

  I, Levolia Maxie Cole Gibson, realizing this life would come to
an end, decided on this day, October 28, 1960, to write while it
was yet day. I joined the New Jerusalem Baptist Church at the age
of eleven, under the pastorship of the late Reverend C. R.
Sowell. I remained until this life came to a close.

  There is a reaper whose name is death. He comes, but cannot be
seen.

  There are three words in the English vocabulary that are more
solemn than all others. They are Life, Death, and Eternity. Life
is more solemn than death. To live is more serious than to die.
The object of Christ's death was life. Christians' death gives
them more abundant life. Death is a joyful messenger of peace,
whose kind hand opens to weary pilgrims, the gate of immortality,
and lets the oppressed go free.

  Life came to a close on May 27, 1976, for Mrs. Levolia Maxie
Cole Gibson, the daughter of the late Mr. John and Mrs. Angie
Newton Maxie. I was born in Sabine Parish on October 28, 1907.

  I worked a number of years as Sunday School Teacher, an usher,
and a teacher in the public schools of Sabine Parish.

  A devoted Christian, she leaves to mourn her loss, a stepson,
Mr. Joe Cole, and family, Sulphur, La.; three brothers, Messrs,
Percy Maxie, Detroit, Michigan, K. D., and T. A. Maxie of Many;
ten nieces; ten nephews; 17 great nieces; 21 great nephews; and
many relatives and friends.

  Resolutions: 1. to my beloved church, always keep the peace and
harmony as Christians should. 2. To all of the auxiliaries, be
strong in Christ Jesus, and keep the faith.

  Pallbearers were Messrs, William Ruffin, E. C. Cross Jr., U. J.
Sweet, B. T. McFarland, Robert Underwood, Douglas Barrett, J. B.
Barton, and Arthur Bush.

  Reverend L. D. Davis, Pastor, officiated, and her body was
entombed in her Mausoleum in the churchyard, after having been
eulogized by former co-workers, with selections from
"Thanatiosis", Crossing the Bar", "The Lost Chord", and "The
Teacher's Creed".

  Mrs. Gibson was a graduate of Grambling State University,
studied at Indiana University, was Chairperson of the Pastor's
Aid, and was a Founder of the Sabine High School Alumni, Maxie,
Cole-Gibson Scholarship Foundation in 1972, and recently signed
the Charter for State approval. A Lovolia Gibson Memorial
contribution was deposited with the Scholarship Foundation by the
family and others.

  Among other words, these are inscribed on her tomb:
  HER LEGACY ENTAILS HER DEEDS...THOSE WHOM SHE HAS
INSPIRED...PRICELESS. BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.
St. Matthew 6:33.

  All rites were performed by Order of Eastern Star No. 48, May
30, following funeral services in the New Jerusalem Baptist
Church.