Obituary of Maj. Hibbs

LEXINGTON—Funeral service for Maj. James Hibbs, Jr., 72, of Lexington, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 16, 2012 at Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington. Officiating will be Pastor James Laurence and Pastor Rob Cely. Burial will follow in St. David's Lutheran Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday evening at the funeral home. Memorials may be made in his honor to Pets, Inc., PO Box 6394, West Columbia, SC 29171. Mr. Hibbs, beloved husband of Freda A. Hibbs, passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2012. He was the son of the late James Marshall Hibbs, Sr. and Mary Louise Varner Hibbs. He was born in West Virginia, traveled extensively with the U.S. Army. In which he served two tours of duty in Vietnam as a decorated pilot and retired as a Major with 21 years of loyal service. Surviving in addition to his wife, Freda A. Hibbs of Lexington, daughter, Sherry Lynn Gibson (Brad) of Lexington and son, Jeffrey A. Hibbs (Laura) of Lexington; grandchildren, Sara and Rebecca Gibson, Marshall and Emerson Hibbs; sisters, Barbara Richardson (Bill) of CO and Janet Kimbrell (Max) of Estill; brother, George Hibbs (Pat) of Youngstown, OH. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Robert Hibbs. We would like to express our gratitude to Sharonda, Sherry Mae, Melanie, Doris, Becky and staff from Day Break, also the White Team Homebound Care through the VA who helped him through a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.