Reverend Stanley Warren Gibby

Stanley Warren Gibby was born on October 24, 1934 to parents, John and Martha Wiggins Gibby of Hayesville, NC. He was the youngest of six siblings and two other siblings, already in heaven. Life was both simple and busy on the dairy farm, always rising before dawn and working until nightfall-cultivating crops, planting, harvesting, selling produce, milking cows, cutting timber, as well as “all other duties assigned.” It forged the character of the boy, teenager, and young man. On September 15, 1950, at his little country church, Meadow Grove Baptist, an evangelist, Sam Walkingstick, conducted a week-long revival. Young 15-year-old Warren came under deep conviction of his sin and understood clearly for the first time that Jesus died for his sin. Realizing his personal need of a Savior, he then placed his faith and trust in Christ, and his life changed dramatically. It became his passion to share his new found faith with all who would listen. Warren wrestled with leaving the family farm and also feeling the urgent call of God upon his life to train for the gospel ministry. After Warren was graduated from Hayesville High School, he hopped the train to Chattanooga, TN and enrolled in Tennessee Temple Bible School. While there, he was employed in various occupations as a welder at US Pipe and Steel, baker at McKee Bakery in Collegedale, TN and was a short order cook to pay for his education of three years. He greatly enjoyed his studies and excelled in all his classes and graduated with a degree in Theology in 1958. While there, he met his future wife, Sue Laverne Woosley, on February 14, 1958, while seated across from her at the annual Valentine Banquet, (though each was attending with other people). Shortly thereafter, both Warren and Laverne decided the more interesting dates were the ones NOT accompanying them. Warren and Laverne were married on September 20, 1958, and moved to Scottsboro, Alabama. It was in Scottsboro that Warren found his mission field. It was there he worked various jobs, and it was there that he knocked on hundreds of doors, telling people the good news of Jesus Christ. In his early years of Bible school, he traveled back to his home each weekend and briefly pastored at Downings Creek Baptist in Hayesville, NC. He also pastored bi-vocationally at Grace Baptist in Stevenson, Alabama, Bible Baptist in Jasper, TN and Grace Baptist and full time at Southgate Baptist in Scottsboro, AL. In his later years he was an associate pastor in both West Columbia Baptist in South Carolina and Temple Heights Baptist, Tampa, Florida. These places and people that he pastored were a life approved unto God for 48 years in the gospel ministry. Warren was a multi-faceted man of many talents: farmer, welder, baker, evangelist, pastor, shepherd, teacher, artist, poet, student of God’s Word, friend to all, small business owner, jack of all trades, fix it man, and a praying man. Above all else, Warren was a “fisher of men.” With great compassion (often with tears), everywhere and in every place, he spoke to people about a God who loves them, their sin, and their need of the Savior. He could turn any chat into an extended, or brief gospel conversation. Often, he simply asked, "Do you know Jesus?" He planted the seeds of the gospel; he watered the seeds he and others planted, and he harvested the fruit. Today, many of those he led to Christ are now citizens of heaven, and he would want you to be assured of your eternal destiny. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation, to everyone who believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” Romans 1:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 Stanley Warren Gibby is survived by his wife, Sue Laverne Gibby (married for almost 68 years), his children Gay Nyberg (Ron), Stanley Gibby (Joy), John Gibby (Leslie), seven grandchildren-Melissa Schultz (Jordan), Micayla Gibby, Natalie Duran (Anthony), Zachary Gibby (Katie), James Nyberg, Noah Nyberg, and Luke Gibby (Jubilee), and his six great grandchildren---Josie and Avonlea Schultz, Ava and Valerie Duran, Judah and Micah Gibby. He is preceded in death by his parents, John and Martha Wiggins Gibby, six brothers and sisters (Homer, Alice, Floyd, Mildred, Bill, Wayne), and many beloved nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the following: Agape Baptist Church (missions) 78 Dick Hayes Road Scottsboro, AL Dan and Deanna Woodard (missionary and long-time friend and partner in ministry) @actioninternational.org Gibby Family, Foundation. Please send a check made to Gibby Family Foundation with a memo indicating donation in memory of Warren Gibby. Mail to Tiffany Setzer 6244 Upper Hightower Road Hiawassee, GA 30546, OR Venmo to @Tiffany-Setzer with the same donation in Memory of Warren Gibby note (providing scholarships to applicants of the Gibby family) The family will receive friends on Saturday, May 16, 2026 from 12:30 P.M. until 2:00 P.M. at the Agape Baptist Church. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Burial will be in Pinehaven Memorial Gardens. Arrangements Entrusted to Scottsboro Funeral Home

Reverend Stanley Warren Gibby

October 24, 1934 - May 6, 2026