 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas
Dallas (TX) Morning News
Wednesday, February 11, 1931 Part 1, p. 1 Special to the News. SHERMAN, Texas, Feb. 10.-- J. M. Gibby, a farmer, who resided 3 miles south of Southmayd, near Prairie view School, died of a gunshot wound Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock. A single charge was fired. His daughter, Ida Louisa, 15, was questioned in connection with the case. Officers were told that Gibby was threatening his wife with a butcher knife when the gun was fired. Ida Louisa is one of 7 children. It is said the family had called officers to the home once or twice in the last year. Officers from the sheriff's department were called to the home immediately after the shooting. In a statement to County Attorney Joe P. Cox and Sheriff Frank Reece, Ida Louisa declared she fired one barrel of a double-barreled shotgun in defense of herself and her mother as well as a younger brother, Jack Murrel. She said Gibby had threatened them with a rifle and a butcher knife, telling the mother he would cut her head off. She was held for further questioning. All the children were said to be in the room at the time of the tragedy. They were William Henry, James Tilden, Thelma Jewell, Annie Ruth, Imogene and Jack. Another daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Massie of Sherman, is a half-sister to the other children. The home is a three-room structure. Jerry Wall, Sherman contractor, at work on a building nearby heard the shot, investigated and called the county officers.  Jack M. Gibby 17 May 1927 - 28 May 1939 Dallas (TX) Morning News
Special to the News. SHERMAN, Texas, May 28.-- Funeral services were held here Monday for Jack M. Gibby, 12, Sherman schoolboy who drowned Sunday afternoon in a farm tank near Sherman. Gibby was on a raft, said John Anderson, another youngster, who was standing on the bank, and fell into water about ten feet out. Anderson ran for help and divers spent forty five minutes before the body was recovered by Ernest Gleason. Nearly two hours of artificial respiration were unsuccessful. Survivors include the boy's widowed mother, Mrs. Ida Gibby; 2 brothers, William and James Gibby, at home and 5 sisters, Mrs. Elmer Kurr and Mrs. Arthur Christian, Sherman; Mrs. Jack Sternbridge, Shamrock; Anna Ruth and Imogene Gibby at home. The Sherman Daily Democrat Friday, February 7, 1919 pg. 5 Edna May, 7 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Gibby, living 10 miles southwest of Sherman, near Dorchester, died at the family home Thursday following a short illness with pneumonia. Funeral services were held from Haynes & Scott's chapel this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr. T.A. Wharton officiated. Burial was in West Hill cemetery. Mr. Gibby is a well known farmer.  West Hill Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
