Alice Gibbs Kimbrell, 81, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Pruitt Health in Ocilla.
Graveside services will be held 11 AM, Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Salem Cemetery in Ben Hill County, Georgia, with the Rev. Bill Tracy officiating. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6-8 at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Kimbrell was born September 28, 1938, in Lamar County, Georgia, to the late William Raymond & Myrtle Mae Coleman Carey. She was a former resident of Griffin and Nichols. She was a farmer’s wife for 48 years and worked at Fitzgerald Underwear. She was a member of Salem Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for 18 years.
She is survived by her husband of three years, Jack Kimbrell of Fitzgerald; and a special “adopted” daughter, Ruth Swieczkowski of Fitzgerald. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie Blue Gibbs; a son, Johnnie B. “Jay” Gibbs; and a brother, Charles Carey.