Leonard Gibbs

Leonard Francis Gibbs, 79, Woodlawn, died Saturday, November 28, 2009, at Gateway Medical Center. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at McReynolds-Nave & Larson Chapel with Rev. Jody Kilburn officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday and from 11 a.m. until the time of service Tuesday at the funeral home. McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. He was born October 8, 1930 in Woodlawn, son of William James Gibbs and Ruth Louise Wills Gibbs. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by sons David L. Gibbs, Terry J. Gibbs, and Steven McNeely. Mr. Gibbs was retired from Civil Service, was a U.S. Army veteran, and a Baptist. He is survived by his wife Lonnie Gibbs of Woodlawn; sons Tony R. Gibbs of Woodlawn, Paul N. Gibbs of Clarksville, and Howard Hams of Clarksville; daughters Connie Wilbourn of Clarksville and Sherry Simpson of Clarksville; brothers William "Lonzo" Gibbs of Clarksville, Glenn A. Gibbs of Clarksville, and Lester R. Gibbs of Woodlawn; sisters Marion L. Duncan of Clarksville, Lillian McCord of Clarksville, Mildred Green of Woodlawn, and Susan R. Freeman of Woodlawn; fourteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Tony Gibbs, Paul Gibbs, Mike Simpson, Keith Wilbourn, Dakota Gibbs, Jeremy Gibbs, Ross Holt, and Shannon Ferrell.