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Submitted: 1/23/16 • Approved: 1/23/16 • Last Updated: 3/27/18 • R783447-G0-S3
Mar 15, 1872 - May 25, 1954
A.S. GIBBONS, 82 YEARS OLD, IS DEAD HERE
Had Lived in Adair County Most of Life; Funeral Thursday
Alfred S. Gibbons, 82, of Kirksville, died in a Kirksville hospital early this morning.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at 1:30, conducted by the Rev. Herbert E. Manning, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in the Llewellyn cemetery.
Mr. Gibbons was the son of William and Ellen Haller Gibbons and was born in the state of Pennsylvania on March 15, 1872. He was married to Kate M. Johnson in 1904, and to this marriage four children were born.
He is survived by two sons, William F. Gibbons of Kirksville and John H. Gibbons, Freeman, Mo.; one brother, Howard Gibbons, Orlando, Fla.; three sisters, Dr. Mabel Gibbons, Miss Anna Gibbons, and Mrs. Ellen Smith, all of Clark Summitt, Pa.; four grandchildren and one great-grandson.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, one daughter, four brothers and three sisters.
Mr. Gibbons was a retired farmer, and had lived in Adair county most of his life. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Bearers will be Francis Payton, Tim Sorrell, Ray Pearce, Gale Herron, George Longwith and Ed Cooley. Honorary bearers will be Chris Degard, Leroy Miller, Paul McCloud, D.F. Turner, Pearl Brackney and Charles W. Martin.
Kirksville Daily Express
Kirksville, Missouri
May 25, 1954
Parents:
William Gibbons (1830 - 1908)
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