Edwin Eugene Gibbs

Fort Scott ? Services for Edwin Eugene Gibbs, 48, Fort Scott, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel, Fort Scott. Burial with military honors will be in Clarksburg Cemetery in Garland.

Mr. Gibbs died Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott.

He was born May 21, 1954, in Germany, the son of Edwin E. and Dorothy (Clayton) Gibbs. He graduated from Lawrence High School.

Mr. Gibbs was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked for Topco Laminates in Fort Scott. He attended Church of Christ in Fort Scott and was a member of Fort Scott Elks Lodge.

He married Barbara Hurd on June 19, 1982, in Fulton. They later divorced.

Survivors include two sisters, Star Atwell, DeSoto, and Mary Payne, Burbank, Calif.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the memorial chapel.

The family suggests memorials to American Diabetes Assn., sent in care of the chapel, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott 66701.