Nona Bess Gibbs

Nona Bess Gibbs, 84, of Greenwood, Arkansas passed away Friday, September 7, 2018 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born January 1, 1934 in Paris, Arkansas to Herbert Truman and Ella Mae (Jones) Featherston and graduated from Fort Smith High School. She attended Evangel Temple, where she taught the Toddler Sunday School Class for 25 years and was the widow of Jerry Dean Gibbs, Sr. Her and husband owned and operated Gibbs Dairy Farm at Rye Hill.

Funeral service will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, September 12 at Rye Hill Baptist Church with burial at Old Jenny Lind Cemetery under the direction of McConnell Funeral Home of Greenwood. Viewing will be Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home, where the family will visit with friends from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

She is survived by one son, Jerry Dean Gibbs, Jr. and wife, Karen of Greenwood; one daughter, Melissa Gibbs Garner and husband, Stan of Greenwood; five grandchildren, Rachel Gibbs Zollicoffer, Barry Gibbs, Brent Gibbs, Nathan Garner and Heather Garner Wolfe and eight great grandchildren, Madison and Jase Zollicoffer, Michael and Lincoln Gibbs, Adeline, Dax and Mary Grace Garner and Lillian Wolfe. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Alfred, Orville, Harley, Herbert, Ruby, Pauline, Helen, Lila and Sue.

Pallbearers will be Brent and Barry Gibbs, Nathan Garner, Keith Zollicoffer, Matthew Wolfe and Ronnie Mitchael. Honorary pallbearers will be her nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Gideons International, P.O. Box 685, Greenwood, AR 72936 or Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 2222, Little Rock, AR 72203-9984.