George Gribbins, 88

Posted by on Jan 30, 2022

Mr. George Junior Gribbins of Campbellsville passed peacefully from this life on Sunday, January 30, 2022 at the Campbellsville Nursing and Rehab Center. Born on January 6, 1934 to the late Benjamin Thomas and Annie Lee Jane (Wise) Gribbins, he was 88 years of age. Mr. Gribbins had made a profession of faith in Christ and was of the Pentecostal faith. He was a furniture builder by trade, and was a veteran of the United States Army.

He leaves to mourn his passing:

A son: Eric Gribbins,

A daughter: Lena Gail Gribbins,

A friend and former spouse: Laverne Mitchell Wise,

Eight grandchildren: Leticia Gail Penrod and husband Daniel, Kaitlin Jane Warner and husband John, Austin Dean Gribbins and wife Kaylan, Angelica Hughes, Benjamin Forrest Hughes, Nathan Eric Mann, and Shannon Nicole Mann,

Eighteen great-grandchildren,

And a host of other family and friends.

There will be a funeral service to honor the life of Mr. Gribbins on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 1:00 PM in the chapel of the L.R. Petty Funeral Home, 1765 New Columbia Rd, Campbellsville, KY. Bro. Austin Dean Gribbins will officiate. Interment will follow in the Merrimac Cemetery with full military honors being accorded him by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, February 1, after 10:00 AM until time for the service.

Besides his parents, Mr. Gribbins was also preceded in death by three siblings: Charles Thomas Gribbins, James Doyle Gribbins, and Anna Marie Hagerty; and a granddaughter: Dana Mitchell Mann.