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'''Jerry Ray Kibbons''' (July 24, 1930 – June 6, 2015) was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man who taught Christian Studies and history at Campbellsville University from 1964 until his retirement in 1992.

'''Jerry Ray Kibbons''' (July 24, 1930 – June 6, 2015) was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man who taught Christian Studies and history at Campbellsville University from 1964 until his retirement in 1992.

One of two sons of Goley Carson "GC" Kibbons (1904-1967) and the former Virginia Mae Burton (1909-1991), Kibbons was born in Villa Ridge in Franklin County in  east central [[Missouri]], where his parents are interred at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kibbons&GSfn=Goley&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=41517817&df=all&|title=Goley C. Kibbons|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref> Kibbons graduated from Ritenour Sr. High School in [[St. Louis]], Missouri. At the age of eighteen, he was licensed to preach in Villa Ridge and ordained to the ministory at Galena in Stone County in southwestern Missouri, two years later. He graduated with an associate's degree from Bolivar Baptist College in Bolivar in Polk County in southwestern Missouri. He obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Central Missouri, then known as Central Missouri State College, located in Warrensburg in Johnson County in west central Missouri. He earned a second master's degree from the Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary at [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]], and a Doctor of Ministries from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]], Kentucky.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=75744|title=Jerry Ray Kibbons|publisher=Columbiamagazine.com|date=June 8, 2015|accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref> 

One of two sons of Goley Carson "GC" Kibbons (1904-1967) and the former Virginia Mae Burton (1909-1991), Kibbons was born in Villa Ridge in Franklin County in  east central [[Missouri]], where his parents are interred at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kibbons&GSfn=Goley&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=41517817&df=all&|title=Goley C. Kibbons|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref> Kibbons graduated from Ritenour Sr. High School in [[St. Louis]], Missouri. At the age of eighteen, he was licensed to preach in Villa Ridge and ordained to the ministry at Galena in Stone County in southwestern Missouri, two years later. He graduated with an associate's degree from Bolivar Baptist College in Bolivar in Polk County in southwestern Missouri. He obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Central Missouri, then known as Central Missouri State College, located in Warrensburg in Johnson County in west central Missouri. He earned a second master's degree from the Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary at [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]], and a Doctor of Ministries from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]], Kentucky.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=75744|title=Jerry Ray Kibbons|publisher=Columbiamagazine.com|date=June 8, 2015|accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref> 

Kibbons was a pastor in Missouri and did supply preaching in Missouri and Kentucky. A member of the Salem Baptist Church in Campbellsville, he volunteered as minister of education and taught a men's Sunday school as long as his health permitted. In 1964, he  joined the faculty at Campbellsville University, then known as Campbellsville College. He developed the in-service guidance program at the college and remained there for twenty-eight years until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1992. For several years he was director of missions for the Taylor County Baptist Association. For eleven years, he was a member of the Campbellsville City Council, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in a non-partisan post.<ref name=obit/>

Kibbons was a pastor in Missouri and did supply preaching in Missouri and Kentucky. A member of the Salem Baptist Church in Campbellsville, he volunteered as minister of education and taught a men's Sunday school as long as his health permitted. In 1964, he  joined the faculty at Campbellsville University, then known as Campbellsville College. He developed the in-service guidance program at the college and remained there for twenty-eight years until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1992. For several years he was director of missions for the Taylor County Baptist Association. For eleven years, he was a member of the Campbellsville City Council, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in a non-partisan post.<ref name=obit/>