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Submitted: 1/31/23 • Approved: 2/4/23 • Last Updated: 2/7/23 • R1468872-G0-S3
SERGEANT US Marie Corps
Vietnam
June 14, 1944 - February 26, 2020
*Obituary
Luginbuel Funeral Home
Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Warren Jack Gibbons Jr., age 75, a resident of Lincoln, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at his home. He was born June 14, 1944 in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of Warren and Sara Adel (Larrabee) Gibbons.
Jack played as a defensive lineman for the University of Texas his freshman year of college, served in the United States Marine Corps as Sergeant where he was active in the Cuban Missile Crisis and three tours in Vietnam. He then went on to drive a Greyhound bus, worked as a deputy sheriff in El Paso, Texas, and then retired from Wal-Mart after 32 years as a truck driver. Jack was Andre' the Giant's wrestling partner for a couple of years. He was the Sergeant of Arms of an MC, a 32nd degree Mason, and past president of BACA. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and a happy pet owner.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one son Michael John Gibbons and one sister Judith Gibbons.
Survivors include his wife Maria Gibbons; two daughters Jacqueline Marie Byrum of Atlanta, Georgia and Carolyn Adel Vinson of Jackson, Tennessee; one sister Sue Hambleton of Killeen, Texas; two granddaughters and three great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Sunday, March 1, 2020, 3:00-4:00 PM at the Luginbuel Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends Monday, March 2nd, 2020 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. with funeral service starting at 4:00 PM, at Luginbuel Chapel in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Burial will be in the National Cemetery in Fayetteville, Arkansas, there will be no graveside services held.
Contributed on 1/31/23 by judyfrog
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