Cleta Gibson

LAFAYETTE - Cleta Ann Mavity Gibson, age 71, passed away Friday, June 18, 2021.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Leonard Kenneth Mavity and Margaret Porter Mavity.

She was a member of LaFayette First Baptist Church. Cleta was a craft coordinator at LaFayette Parks and Recreation Center. She was an accomplished artist and potter, gifted musician, and a devoted mother and grandmother.

Survivors include a daughter Emily (Clyde) Gibson-Roberson; son, Zachariah (Shauna) Gibson; grandchildren, Jeremiah Skinner, and Oliver Roberson; sisters, Julia (Eddy) Mavity-Hudson, Celeste (Clay) Matthews, and Erika (Mitchell Crump) Mavity. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 26, 2021, at LaFayette First Baptist Church with Dr. Derrick Fielder officiating.

Visitation will be at the church on Saturday from 9 a.m. until hour of service.

Interment at LaFayette City Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home, LaFayette.