Mrs Mertie Jones Gilbert

January 30, 1943 - February 8, 2018

Funeral will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, February 10, 2018, at Village Chapel for Mertie Jones Gilbert, 75, Gadsden, who died February 8, 2018. Reverends Gary Munson, Garry Ford and Neal Ford will officiate. Burial will follow at Rainbow Memorial Gardens. Village Chapel Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Mertie was born on January 30, 1943, to Sam and Lula Bell (Butler) Jones in Calhoun County, Alabama. She was employed by the Gadsden City Board of Education for 25 years. She was an avid gardener, a cake decorator and enjoyed creating artistic masterpieces. She loved cooking, life, animals of all kinds, and making others smile. She was a devoted Sunday School teacher and member of Smith Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Sam and Lula Bell Jones; and brother, Bobby Jones. She is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Gerald Gilbert; daughters, Becky (Chris) Roden and Jennifer Hall; sister, Bertie (Arnold) Baker; brothers, Earl (Becky) Jones and Herman (Brenda) Jones; grandsons, Justin (Courtney) McDonald, Cayson Hall, and Christopher McDonald; granddaughter, Catie Hall; and great-grandsons, Mason and Connor McDonald. Pallbearers will be Justin McDonald, Cayson Hall, Christopher McDonald, Scott Gilbert, Tim Jones, Jeremy Jones, Joseph Jones, and Kevin McLeod. Special thanks to Joel Williams, Lacey Dorough, Janet Wilkie, Hollie Oliver, Luke Small, Jay Beggs and the entire staff of Amedisys Hospice; and also to special caregivers, Bertie Baker, Brenda Jones, and Earl and Becky Jones. The family will receive friends Friday from 6 PM to 8 PM at Village Chapel.