Gibbs, Carrie Mae Love

Mrs. O.E. GIBBS has bragging rights in Tift County.  She recently
celebrated her 102nd birthday with a family dinner at her home.  She was born in Harriman, Tenn., in 1888 and arrived in Tift County in 1910 where she taught three terms at the now defunct Branch Hill School.  She continued teaching music lessons until the 1940s.  Gibbs had nine children, seven living; 17 grandchildren;

and 20 great-grandchildren.
(Gazette Photo by Richard Porter)

NOTE:  She lived to be 103. She was born in Morgan County, TN on May 4, 1888, and lived in
Mossy Grove.  She was the daughter of William Wallace Love and Mary Mathis.

Courtesy of Myrna Love Sexton