Juanita Gibbons

Published 12:15 am Thursday, August 20, 2015

Juanita Joyce Gibbons, 76, of Athens died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, at Athens-Limestone Hospital.

Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at Gatlin Cemetery with Donald Terry officiating. No visitation is planned.

Mrs. Gibbons was born Aug. 23, 1938, in Limestone County, a member of Truth Baptist Church and a retired nurse’s aide.

Survivors include ex-husband, Kenneth Lewter of Tanner; son, Stephen (Shelia) Lewter of Tanner; grandchildren, Ken (Monica) Lewter of Tanner, Jason (Ann) Lewter of Tanner; great-grandchildren, Austin Lewter, Kennedy Lewter, Hayden Lewter, Marley Lewter, all of Tanner; brother, Wayne Stanford, Elkmont; sister, Edith Davis of Ardmore, Tennessee; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Mary Stanford, and husband, Dewey Gibbons.

Pallbearers will be Ken Lewter, Jason Lewter, Austin Lewter, Eric Scruggs, Larry Nichols, and Mark Stanford. Honorary pallbearers will be Hayden Lewter and Richard Baldwin. Spry Funeral Home is directing.