Mr. Lester Arthur Gibbs

November 24, 1951 - January 1, 2020

Graveside services for Mr. Lester Gibbs, 68, of Keatchie, LA will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Gibbs Cemetery in DeSoto Parrish with Dr. Dale Reed officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mr. Lester Arthur Gibbs was born November 24, 1951 in Logansport, LA. He passed this life January 1, 2020 in Shreveport, LA. Lester was one of four children born to the marriage of Lester Archie and Eva Swanwick Gibbs. Lester married Barbara Hershiser Gibbs August 6, 1972 and they had six children and celebrated 47 years of marriage. Mr. Gibbs worked many years for the Louisiana State Highway Department. His hobbies included taking the children and grandchildren to Six Flags, camping and enjoying other activities with his family. He is preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Janet Gibson; and one grandson, Jonathan Ray Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs is survived by his loving wife, Barbara Gibbs; three sons, Philip Gibbs and wife Wendy of Carthage, Jonathan Gibbs and wife Michelle of Applebee, TX, and George Gibbs of Keatchie, LA; three daughters, Eva Smith and husband Robert of Keatchie, LA, Angela Gibbs of Carthage, and Elizabeth Norris; one brother, James Gibbs and wife Beverly of Logansport, LA; one sister, Dorothy Gibbs of Longview, TX; eighteen grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Serving as pallbearers will be Philip Gibbs, Jonathan Gibbs, George Gibbs, Troy Jordan, Trent Jordan and Dylan Gibbs.