A celebration of the life of Mrs. Betty Louise Bagley Gibbs, age 69, of the Shiloh Community in DeSoto Parish, LA, will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Joe Walker, pastor of Logan Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Shiloh Methodist Cemetery in Desoto Parish. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. Mrs. Gibbs passed from this life into glory on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at her home after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Betty Louise Bagley Gibbs was born Feb. 1, 1942, to Rev. Herman and Mrs. Lucille McNeese Bagley in the Logan Community of Panola County, TX. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church. Betty married Tommy Gibbs on May 25, 1962, in Pasadena, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother Bobby Jack Bagley; and her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Cecil and Mittie Gibbs.
Mrs. Gibbs is survived by her beloved husband of 49 years, Tommy Gibbs of Shiloh; two sons, Barry Gibbs of Keatchie and Bobby Watson and wife Darla of the Antioch Community; one daughter, Shannon Gibbs and companion Jerry Talkington of Keatchie; four grandsons, Dusty Watson and wife Tara of Logansport, Matt Watson and girlfriend Hillary of Logansport, Jordan Gibbs of San Antonio, and Briar Gibbs of Keatchie; one granddaughter, Alisha Gibbs of Keatchie; son-in-law, Kevin Cordova; four great-grandchildren, Brayden, Leah, Bella, and Kayla Watson; two brothers, Herman D. Bagley and wife Wanda of Spring and James Bagley and wife Vivian of Huffman, cousin and best friend, Billie Adams of the Logan Community; and a special friend, Grace Harris. Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and many friends also survive Mrs. Gibbs.
Serving as pallbearers are Mrs. Gibbs' grandsons, Dusty and Matt Watson, Jordan and Briar Gibbs, her nephew, Dwain Bagley, and Robert Harris.
Serving as honorary pallbearers are Brayden Watson, Mike Blades, Kevin Cordova, John Derek Adams, and Linnis Walker.
The family would like to thank Dr. Houston Bosley, Tammy, Dr. Richard Haynie, Christina, Superior Hospice, Lisa Price, Renee Evans, Sharon Hall, Nancy Jefferson, Nell Norwood, Chasity Ebarb, and Buck Furlow for their support and compassionate care.
A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.