Roger Lee Gibbs, son of the late Edgar Gibbs and Odessa Stafford Gibbs, was born on February 1, 1939, in Commerce, Missouri, and departed this life on October 15, 2023, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 84 years.

Mr. Gibbs was a Veteran of the United States Navy. He was a former truck driver for Coca-Cola and a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri.

In January of 1965, in Circle City, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Bonnie Jo Lay. Mrs. Gibbs preceded him in death on October 4, 2020.

He is survived by his son, Brett Gibbs of Bloomfield, Missouri; by two daughters, Amber Duvall and husband Lloyd of Pevely, Missouri, and Ginger Gibbs of St. Louis, Missouri, by his sister, Wilda Cook of El Paso, Texas; by his grandson, Ryan Duvall; by his cousin and caretaker, Janet Karam; and by four sisters-in-law, Debbie Parks of Dexter, Missouri, Sharon Jones and husband Robert of Sikeston, Missouri, Becky Gibbs of Van Buren, Missouri, and Doris Gibbs of Oxly, Missouri.

Other than by his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Allen “Wayne” Gibbs, Dale Gibbs, Glen Gibbs, and Don Gibbs.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, October 20, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, October 20, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. with Rev. Steve Morrison officiating. Internment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.