Eddy Co. NM - OBIT: ERNEST N GIBBS Submitted By: patti pennington ************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************ The following excerpts were taken from Page 6A - The Carlsbad (NM) Current Argus - January 11, 2000 GIBBS Services are pending for Ernest N. Gibbs, 94, of Carlsbad. A funeral is planned to be held at the Church Street Church of the Nazarene but a date has not been set. Mr. Gibbs died January 10 at the Life Care Center in Farmington, NM. Cope Memorial Chapel in Farmington is in charge of arrangements. Ernest N. Gibbs was born September 23, 1905, in Gordon, Texas, to Mr. and Mrs. N.S. Gibbs. He moved to Pittsburg County, Okla., in 1917 with his family. He married Mildred Goff in Wewoka, Okla., on August 4, 1927. He moved to Carlsbad in 1940. Mr. Gibbs was preceded in death by an infant daughter. He is survived by his wife of the home.