James Gibbs

James Gibbs James (Jim) Gibbs, age 89, of Valley Mills, Texas passed away Sunday, June 26, 2011 at a local hospital. Funeral Services will be 10AM Thursday June 30, 2011 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home Chapel with Father Michael Heidt officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday June 29, 2011 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home Chapel. Jim was born September 26, 1921 in Floydada, Texas to Cecil and Ruby Gibbs. He graduated from Floydada High School in 1939 and enrolled in John Tarleton Agricultural College for two years. After graduation, he attended Texas A&M and was in the class of 1944. Jim served in the military during World War II as a lieutenant. While stationed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, he met Tassie Blevins Miller and they were married September 5, 1945. After the war and completion at Texas A&M, they moved to Valley Mills, Texas. Jim then became the assistant county agent for McLennan County and was later an inspector with the Texas Livestock Commission. In the early fifties Jim started buying cattle at the Fort Worth Stockyards, which developed into Gibbs Cattle Company. He remained active in the order-buying business until the time of his death. When the Heart of Texas Fair and Rodeo was started, in 1953, Jim was one of the original Livestock Superintendants. Jim also served as Director of the First National Bank of Bosque County from 1962 until the time of his death. He was a member of the Karem Shrine and a member of Our Lady of the Lake Episcopal Church in Laguna Park, Texas. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ruby Gibbs and his wife, Tassie Blevins Miller Gibbs. He is survived by his daughter, Jimmie Gibbs Munroe and her husband Dan (Bud) Munroe; his granddaughter, Tassie Munroe; and many close family friends. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, attn: Cindy Schonholtz, 101 Pro Rodeo Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80919, (888)662-JCCF (5223).