Birth Date: | 28 May 1936 |
Birth Place: | West Point, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. |
State House: | Mississippi |
Termstart: | January 1992 |
Termend: | January 2013 |
Successor: | Karl Gibbs |
District: | 36th |
Party: | Democratic |
Predecessor: | H. Scott Ross |
David Gibbs (May 28, 1936 - January 13, 2013) was an American politician.
Born in West Point, Mississippi, Gibbs served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, as a Democrat, representing District 36 which covers parts of Clay, Lowndes, and Monroe counties, from 1992 until his death.[1] [2] Gibbs is a former chairman of the House County Affairs Committee.[3] He resigned from office just a week before his death from cancer at Northeast Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi.[4]
Gibbs was a loan broker and consultant. He went to Faulkner University, Mississippi State University, and Kentucky State University. He served on the Clay County, Mississippi county board of supervisors. He was also a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee in Mississippi.[5]