Funeral service for SFC (Retired) Eugene Gibbs will be 11:30 A.M. Thursday, March 20, 2025 at Cameron Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Teel, pastor officiating.

Burial with full military honors will follow at Fort Sill National Cemetery under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The service may be viewed on the Cameron Baptist Church Lawton You Tube Channel or the Cameron Baptist Church website.

SFC (Retired) Eugene Gibbs, 89, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2025 in Lawton. He was born in Meridian, Mississippi to Esau M. and Christene Gibbs on August 29, 1935. He was the youngest of four children. He had two brothers, Sylvester Gibbs and Dave Gibbs and one sister, Erma T. Gibbs-Scurlock.

He attended St. Joseph's Catholic School, After graduating from high school, he did all kinds of odd jobs. He was drafted into the Military on May 23, 1958.  Eugene served twenty-two years in the Army where he received the following decorations and medals, National Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster, Vietnam Service Medal with Two Service Stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit, Citation with Palm, Two Overseas Service Bars, Good Conduct Medal Seventh Award and Expert (rifle M-16). After retiring from the Army, he worked for Goodyear for five years. He then had his own lawn business. He loved being outside. Later he worked for Cameron Baptist Church as a custodian and handyman. He also served as a deacon for many years. In 2010 he retired from Cameron Baptist Church at the age of 75 years. Eugene was stationed in Zweibrucken, Germany from 1960 to 1964 where he met the love of his life, Erika Feyock. The two married in Aunsbach, Germany on April 5, 1963. They had three children, two boys and one girl, Kenneth D. Gibbs, Eugene M. Gibbs and Sharon D. Gibbs-James. They also had ten grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one on the way. They served faithfully at Cameron Baptist Church since 1979. He was a loving husband to his wife of sixty-one years,a good father to his children and a good grandfather to his grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his siblings, son, Kenneth D. Gibbs and many nephews, nieces and cousins.

He never stopped sharing the love of Jesus, even when his health worsened.