Born May 11, 1916, in Paragould, Ark., son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth (Ligget) Cribbs, he was a retired employee of Taylor Gravel Company in Caruthersville.
On Oct. 11, 1941, at New Madrid, he married Della Mae Campbell who survives of the home in Lilbourn.
Other survivors include: one daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Ronald Shinske of Leesburg, Fla.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Daniel C. and Susan Cribbs and John A. and Laretta Cribbs of Sikeston; and 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
One son, James V. Cribbs; and two brothers and five sisters preceded him in death.
Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Jack Owens will be officiating.
Burial will follow in the Mounds Park Cemetery in Lilbourn.
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