ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: GIBBS, DORIS TURNEY 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: St. Tammany News (Covington, LA)

Published Friday, October 28, 2011

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GIBBS

Doris Turney Gibbs, 87, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Slidell, passed away 
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, at her home in Cedar Rapids.

She is survived by her daughter, Beth (Preston) Johnson of Mount Vernon, Iowa; 
sons, Randy (Cheryl) Gibbs of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Kenneth Gibbs of Atlanta, 
Ga.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Commander (Retired) USN Howard Ben 
Gibbs, and her parents, Gerald and Helen Turney.

Doris Marie Turney was born Aug. 16, 1924, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of 
Gerald and Helen (Scott) Turney. Doris married Howard Gibbs July 15, 1945, in 
Kansas City, Mo. She graduated from The University of Kansas with a degree in 
music. Doris played violin in the symphony in Albuquerque, N.M. She taught 
grade school in Norfolk, Va., and she taught music throughout her life. Doris 
was a 40-year member of the First Presbyterian Church in Slidell, and she was 
an avid bridge player, earning the Silver Life Master ranking.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the First Presbyterian Church 
in Slidell.

A memorial service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at Keystone 
Cedars Assisted Living. Mike Patterson will officiate, with 
burial at Green Lawn Cemetery in Plattsburg, Mo., at a later date.

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