NINA GIBBS NOLEN

March 5, 1926 - August 1, 2015
Funeral services celebrating the life of Nina Gibbs Nolen will be held Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Bayou Vista Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Ibert’s Memorial Park Cemetery in Patterson. The Rev. Steve Kelly and the Rev. Charles Gilder will officiate the services.
A gathering of family and friends will be held Wednesday at Bayou Vista Baptist Church from 9 a.m. until time of service.
Ms. Nina was born on March 5, 1926, in Bowden, Georgia, to the late Bill Dewey Gibbs and the late Jewel Violet Craft Gibbs.
She was a loving, devoted, and incredible mother and grandmother who practiced unconditional love. She enjoyed driving her trucks and sewing for her children and grandchildren, anything from bibs to wedding dresses. She was most proud of her hand-made baby blankets which she made, starting with her first grandchildren in 1968, for family and friends, which have since been taken all over the world. She was also a member of Bayou Vista Baptist Church since 1967. She passed away at the age of 89 on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015.
Survivors include her seven children, Joyce Anne Edmondson, Ralph Norman Nolen Jr. and wife Lisa, Carolyn Chris Rodrigue and husband Lindsey, Tommy Ray Nolen and wife Jodie, Margie Nolen Minix and husband Philip, Nola Faye Bowers and husband Bruce, and Virginia Ruth Kirkpatrick and husband Tommy; one brother, Tommy Bill Gibbs and wife Kay; 97 grandchildren and great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you please consider contributions in her name to ALS Association, LA/MS Chapter, P.O. Box 66825, Baton Rouge, LA 70896-6825, 800-891-3746, http://webla.alsa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=LA_homepage.
Family and friends may view the obituary and express their condolences online by visiting www.iberts.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert’s Mortuary Inc., 1111 Lia Street, Patterson, LA 70392, 985-395-7873.