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| Father: John Gilbert Epps | Mother: Mary Ellen Bennett |
| Birthplace and date: May 1, 1914, near Colbert, Madison County, Georgia | Birthplace and date: December 5, 1914 Carlisle, Lonoke County, Arkansas |
| Death date and place: July 7, 1974, Mineral Wells, Texas,buried Laurel Land Cemetery, Dallas, Texas | Deathdate and Place: July 24, 1999, Mesquite, Texas, buried Laurel Oaks Cemetery |
| Marriage date and place: March, 1938 Carlisle, Arkansas | Marriage date and place: March, 1938 Carlisle, Arkansas |
| Parents:John Samuel Epps and Nettie Ann Carithers | Parents: Charles Ernest Bennett and Elizabeth A. Medendorp |
| Notes: Gilbert's family had just moved to Lonoke County a couple of years before and Mary told me that she and Gilbert met at a barn dance. They got married in Arkansas, moved to Dallas, Texas by the end of 1938, Gilbert worked several jobs, including driving truck and as a clerk at a Cabell's store. The couple moved back to Arkansas about 1942 with their daughter Gloria. Gilbert worked in the rice fields and learned to repair the equipment and keep it going during wartime. After WWII they tried farming but that did not work. So Gilbert learned to be a mechanic and then learned diesel mechanicing which is what he did the rest of his life. In 1951 they moved back to Dallas. In 1956 they divorced and Gilbert married Sterling Edwards. Gilbert was in the 7th cavalry and was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas until he received an injury from a horse. This was about 1931, when he was quite young. |
| Name: | Birthdate: | Spouse: |
| Gloria Ann | 1939 | Wayne Pressnall |
| J.R. | July 23, 1943 | S. Tubbs J. Johnston |
| B.R. | July 16, 1944 | P. Reiswig V. Vaughn |
| S.K. | October 2, 1945 | F. Withrow K. Winn |