Larry Gibbons

LARRY GIBBONS, 50, OF 412 SMALL STREET, HARRISBURG, IL DIED SATURDAY APRIL 18, 2009 AT 9:15 PM. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY APRIL 22, 2009 AT 11 AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD TUESDAY FROM 5 TO 8 PM. BURIAL WILL BE IN SALEM CEMETERY AND REVEREND DARRELL FORD WILL OFFICIATE. HE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 11, 1958 IN HARRISBURG, IL TO THE LATE BILLY AND LINDA (NOONAN) GIBBONS. HE WORKED AS A COAL MINER AT PEABODY EAGLE #2 IN SHAWNEETOEN FOR MANY YEARS. HE GRADUATED CARRIER MILLS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1977 WHERE HE PLAYED BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL, HE LATER PLAYED LEGION BASEBALL. HE ATTENDED DORRISVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH FOR MUCH OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS AN AVID ST. LOUIS CARDINAL FAN AND LOVED COCA COLA. HE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER: MEAGAN GIBBONS OF ROSICLARE, IL; A SON: CHRISTOPHER GIBBONS OF HARRISBURG, IL; A BROTHER: BRUCE (KIM) GIBBONS OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; A SISTER: JULIE GIBBONS OF ENERGY, IL; 2 NIECES: KACI SUMNER OF PORTLAND, OR AND MOLLY GIBBONS OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; 2 NEPHEWS: KORY & KODY SUMNER OF PORTLAND, OR; A GREAT NIECE: MADILYN SUMNER OF PORTLAND, OR; STEPMOTHER: SHARON GIBBONS OF CARRIER MILLS, IL AND SEVERAL AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS AND FRIENDS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: WILLIAM AND FLORENCE NOONAN; PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: RAY AND CARRIE GIBBONS AND 2 SPECIAL DOGS ROCKY AND KIPPY.