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June 14, 2024

Kevin Walter Gibbins

Services for Kevin Walter Gibbins will be held Saturday, June 15, 2024, at 10 a.m. at Mc-Clendon-Winters Funeral Home Chapel in Okmulgee. Interment will follow at Marble City Cemetery.

Kevin was born May 22, 1963, in Anchorage, Alaska and died June 11, 2024, in Coweta after a short illness.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert L. and Oleta Gibbins, his daughter

May 22, 1963 – June 11, 2024

Katrina Titsworth and his soulmate, Stacey Shankle.

Those left to cherish his memory are his brothers, Bob Gibbins of Tahlequah and Leslie Gibbins of Texas; his sisters, Denise Gibbins of Broken Arrow and Michelle Qualls and her sons Jimmie and Matthew Qualls of Preston; his daughters, Shawna Salerno and her husband Joe and Sara Shankle and Brandon and Bailey McNack; his granddaughters Courtney Sparkman and Christina Reed.

The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Shawna and Joe Salerno and their family for caring for Kevin in their home in his final days.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Mc-Clendon-Winters Funeral Home of Okmulgee. Memories, condolences, photos and videos may be shared with the family on Kevin’s Tribute Page at www. mcclendon-winters. com.

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