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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/>

In 1951, Kibbons wed his wife, the former Billie Sue Scott (born 1929), who is a graduate and former employee of Campbellsville University. The couple celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.campbellsville.edu/about/2015/05/05/billie-sue-and-dr-jerry-kibbons-celebrate-64th-wedding-anniversary/|title=Billie Sue and Dr. Jerry Kibbons celebrate 64th anniversary|publisher=Campbellsville.edu|date=May 5, 2015|author=Drew Tucker|accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref> a month before his death at the age of eighty-four in Lexington in Fayette County, Kentucky. There are three Kibbons children, Kathy Kibbons Brewer (born 1954) and husband, Larry, of Sturgis, Kentucky; Steven Ray Kibbons (born 1957) and wife, Terri, of Hartford, Kentucky, and Lynn Kibbons Collins (born 1960), a physical therapist in Richmond, Kentucky, and her husband, Thomas, along with six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. He is interred at Campbellsville Memorial Gardens.<ref name=obit/>

In 1951, Kibbons wed his wife, the former Billie Sue Scott (born 1929), an [[artist]] who is a graduate and former employee of Campbellsville University. The couple celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.campbellsville.edu/about/2015/05/05/billie-sue-and-dr-jerry-kibbons-celebrate-64th-wedding-anniversary/|title=Billie Sue and Dr. Jerry Kibbons celebrate 64th anniversary|publisher=Campbellsville.edu|date=May 5, 2015|author=Drew Tucker|accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref> a month before his death at the age of eighty-four in Lexington in Fayette County, Kentucky. There are three Kibbons children, Kathy Kibbons Brewer (born 1954) and husband, Larry, of Sturgis, Kentucky; Steven Ray Kibbons (born 1957) and wife, Terri, of Hartford, Kentucky, and Lynn Kibbons Collins (born 1960), a physical therapist in Richmond, Kentucky, and her husband, Thomas, along with six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. He is interred at Campbellsville Memorial Gardens.<ref name=obit/>

The Kibbons Family International Scholarship has been established in his name at Campbellsville University.

The Kibbons Family International Scholarship has been established in his name at Campbellsville University.