Jimmie Lee Gilbert

Jimmie Gilbert

Funeral services for Mr. Jimmie L. Gilbert, Jr., of Dublin, Georgia, will be held on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at 2 PM at the Saint Paul AME Church at 308 Rowe Street, Dublin. Reverend Richard Q. Ward, Sr., will officiate. Interment will follow in the Dudley Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Gilbert, affectionately known as H. T. to some, and as Mudpuppy to others, was born in Dublin on January 20, 1928. He attended school in Dublin and later joined the United States Air Force. After working in Detroit, Michigan, for Ford Motor Company, he relocated back to Dublin to work at the Ford dealership. He served the community for many years in many capacities including his work for the Dublin Courier Herald, and as an active member of the Saint Paul AME Church where he was chief of the Usher Board, member of the Board of Trustees and member of the Steward Board. He passed away on June 3, 2015.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jimmie Lee Gilbert, Sr., and Zola Lee Gilbert, brothers, Willie James Gilbert and Robert Gilbert, and by his sisters, Juanita Young, and Hilda Thompson.

Mr. Gilbert leaves to cherish his memories his loving, devoted, and dedicated wife of twenty-five years, Betty Jo Gilbert, children, Jeff Gilbert, Jimmie (Erica) Gilbert, III, Gary (Ayana) Gilbert, Marcus Gilbert, Miriam Gilbert, Renee Gilbert, Darlene Gilbert, Marvell (Frederick) Wilcox, Darryle (Rosetta C.) Davis and Terrance (Martha) Davis, three brothers, Frederick (Pamela) Gilbert, Leonard (Loretta) Gilbert, Johnny (Delores) Gilbert, two sisters, Elizabeth Wilson and Lucile Love, a godson, Matthew Hill, and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and good friends.

The family is receiving friends at 475 Maes Lane in East Dublin, and on Tuesday, June 9, 6-7 PM at the Dudley Funeral Home.

Services by Dudley Funeral Home of Dublin
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