Joan Frances POLLOCK^[1]

1932 - 2014  (81 years)

• Name	Joan Frances POLLOCK  [2, 3]
  Birth	11 Dec 1932	Jefferson, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  HIST	she was from Carmichaels, Pennsylvania JOAN POLLOCK GIBBS Joan Frances Pollock Gibbs, age 81, beloved wife of retired Lt. Col. Charles Alfred Gibbs, died on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at National Health Care in Sumter. Born on Dec. 11, 1932, in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Gibbs was the daughter of the late Homer Ronald Pollock and the late Mary Kendall Pollock Brookes. Mrs. Gibbs graduated from Jefferson District High School in 1950 and attended Millersville State Teachers College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. After completion of her freshman year, Mrs. Gibbs transferred to Pennsylvania State University, where she majored in home economics. She became a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and graduated from Penn State on June 7, 1954. Joan married Chuck Gibbs on June 19, 1954, in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. Moving from Japan to Sumter with her husband and family in 1964, Joan became a member of Swan Lake Presbyterian Church. After a second overseas tour, Joan returned to Sumter and taught home economics at Sumter High School for more than 20 years. Joan was a Past Regent of the Sumter Home Chapter, D.A.R. She was a member of a local bridge club, played canasta, enjoyed golf and participated in many local organizations. Joan sang in her church choir and loved to read, sew and cross stitch. However, her favorite times in life were spent with her children and grandchildren. Mrs. Gibbs will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Gibbs is survived by: three daughters, Susan Gibbs Allgood and her husband, David, of Fort Worth, Texas, Laura Gibbs Baker and her husband, Alpheus, of Sumter, and Edith Gibbs Gamble and her husband, Larry, of Franklin, Wisconsin; seven grandchildren, Phillip Simon Allgood and his wife, Katherine, of Huntington, West Virginia, Sandra Elizabeth "Betsy" Allgood Watson and her husband, Blake, of Asheville, North Carolina, Mary Frances Baker Capers and her husband, Demetrius, of Sumter, Alpheus James "Jimmy" Baker III of Sumter, Whitney Amanda Gamble of Chicago, Illinois, Theresa Hays Gamble of Franklin, Wisconsin, and William Lawrence "Billy" Gamble Jr. of Franklin; one stepbrother, Richard Brookes and his wife, Jean, of Sumter; and one sister in-law, Nancy Pollock, of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gibbs was preceded in death by: one brother, David Ronald Pollock, and her stepfather, J. Allan Brookes. A funeral service will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. in Swan Lake Presbyterian Church with Pastor Chuck Staggs officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home and at other times at her home in Sumter. Memorials may be made to Swan Lake Presbyterian Church, 912 Haynesworth St., Sumter, SC 29150, or to Tamassee DAR School, PO Box 8, Tamassee, SC 29686 You may sign the family's guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements. Posted in Obituaries on Tuesday, May 27, 2014  [2, 3]
  HIST	she was from Carmichaels, Pennsylvania JOAN POLLOCK GIBBS Joan Frances Pollock Gibbs, age 81, beloved wife of retired Lt. Col. Charles Alfred Gibbs, died on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at National Health Care in Sumter. Born on Dec. 11, 1932, in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Gibbs was the daughter of the late Homer Ronald Pollock and the late Mary Kendall Pollock Brookes. Mrs. Gibbs graduated from Jefferson District High School in 1950 and attended Millersville State Teachers College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. After completion of her freshman year, Mrs. Gibbs transferred to Pennsylvania State University, where she majored in home economics. She became a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and graduated from Penn State on June 7, 1954. Joan married Chuck Gibbs on June 19, 1954, in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. Moving from Japan to Sumter with her husband and family in 1964, Joan became a member of Swan Lake Presbyterian Church. After a second overseas tour, Joan returned to Sumter and taught home economics at Sumter High School for more than 20 years. Joan was a Past Regent of the Sumter Home Chapter, D.A.R. She was a member of a local bridge club, played canasta, enjoyed golf and participated in many local organizations. Joan sang in her church choir and loved to read, sew and cross stitch. However, her favorite times in life were spent with her children and grandchildren. Mrs. Gibbs will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Gibbs is survived by: three daughters, Susan Gibbs Allgood and her husband, David, of Fort Worth, Texas, Laura Gibbs Baker and her husband, Alpheus, of Sumter, and Edith Gibbs Gamble and her husband, Larry, of Franklin, Wisconsin; seven grandchildren, Phillip Simon Allgood and his wife, Katherine, of Huntington, West Virginia, Sandra Elizabeth "Betsy" Allgood Watson and her husband, Blake, of Asheville, North Carolina, Mary Frances Baker Capers and her husband, Demetrius, of Sumter, Alpheus James "Jimmy" Baker III of Sumter, Whitney Amanda Gamble of Chicago, Illinois, Theresa Hays Gamble of Franklin, Wisconsin, and William Lawrence "Billy" Gamble Jr. of Franklin; one stepbrother, Richard Brookes and his wife, Jean, of Sumter; and one sister in-law, Nancy Pollock, of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gibbs was preceded in death by: one brother, David Ronald Pollock, and her stepfather, J. Allan Brookes. A funeral service will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. in Swan Lake Presbyterian Church with Pastor Chuck Staggs officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home and at other times at her home in Sumter. Memorials may be made to Swan Lake Presbyterian Church, 912 Haynesworth St., Sumter, SC 29150, or to Tamassee DAR School, PO Box 8, Tamassee, SC 29686 You may sign the family's guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements. Posted in Obituaries on Tuesday, May 27, 2014
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  Death	24 May 2014	National Health Care, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	29 May 2014	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [3]
  	Bullock Funeral Home, Sumter, South Carolina Bullock Funeral Home, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I244339	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Homer Ronald POLLOCK   d. Bef 24 May 2014
  Mother	Mary KENDALL   d. Bef 24 May 2014
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  _UID	79992D40D9D543BBA3C41970E2B675759D04
  Family ID	F196148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Charles Alfred “Chuck” GIBBS,   b. 1932, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania d. 8 Sep 2020, National Health Care, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	19 Jul 1954	Carmichaels, Pennsylvania   [2, 3]
  _UID	68DF68245F1444ED9A6BDCD0604211957054
  _UID	68DF68245F1444ED9A6BDCD0604211957054
  Children	1. Susan GIBBS   2. Laura GIBBS   3. Edith GIBBS
  Family ID	F165022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2014

  
  

• Sources

  [S28115] Charles Alfred Gibbs. [S12474] 55th Wedding Anniversary. [S20994] Joan Pollock Gibbs.