Mary Elizabeth Blair Brown Gibbs, 94, of Plant City, died Feb. 6, 2016.
Mrs. Gibbs was born in Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 17, 1922. She was the second youngest of Sutton and Myrtle Blair’s nine children.
She loved nothing more than spending time with her family. She was an avid walker, nature lover, birdwatcher and golfer who also enjoyed time at the beach and traveling the world.
She is survived by her daughter, Leslie Doepke (Chuck), of Plant City; son, Lee Brown (Frankie), of Papillion, Nebraska; stepdaughters, Irene Urzendowski, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Linda Beisner (Jack), of Wheaton, Illinois; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and many loving cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Lt. Col. Leslie A. Brown Jr. (USAF Ret.), in 1962; second husband, Roy W. Gibbs, in 1995; son, Larry Brown, in 2009; great-granddaughter, Sara Elizabeth Hulme, in 2001; five brothers; and three sisters.
A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at GracePoint Church, 1107 Charlie Griffin Road, Plant City. Visitation will begin one hour prior. Rev. Scott Lawry and Rev. Don Mason will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be made to LifePath Hospice, the Alzheimer’s Foundation, South Florida Baptist Hospital or Meals on Wheels in her name.
The family would like to thank the staff at Elderberry ALF in Plant City for the loving care their mother received.
Online condolences may be made at WellsMemorial.com.