Joan (Gayle) Gibbs Helm Obituary

We are sad to announce that, on August 1, 2021 we had to say goodbye to Joan (Gayle) Gibbs Helm (Virginia Beach, Virginia). You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Howard Edison and Edna Dawley Gibbs (Victoria); and her husband Robert Mark Helm. She is survived by: her children, Tyler Sheppard, Robert Morgan Helm and Ashley Helm Picklesimer; her son-in-law John; her brother Howard Allan Gibbs; her sister-in-law Jane Anne Murphey; her nephew Andrew Gibbs; her nieces, Anneleigh and Rebecca Gibbs; and her cousin Patsy Dawley Flora (Ward).

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to John Hopkins Medicine's Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org) or Duke University Health's Pulmonary Research Fund (https://giving.dukehealth.org) "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.".