Janie Lou Gibbs lived in Cordele, Georgia with her husband and 3 sons and soon to be grandson. Janie was an avid church goer and known by everyone in her community because of her church involvement and the daycare she ran through her house. But Janie had plans, big plans for her family. She was just living out her years in Cordele with her husband and family in 1965, but everything is about to change. One evening during the summer the Gibbs family was sitting around the table eating soup that Janie had prepared earlier but shortly after her husband collapsed. Her husband was rushed to the hospital but he was dead by the time they got there. Marvin (or Charles depending on what article you read) Gibbs died that night supposedly due to a undiagnosed liver disease, and at a young age with 3 young kids Janie was now a widow. …show more content…
fell ill and died at the ripe young age of 12 years old in August of 1966 which medical professionals had said he died due to Hepatitis. Janie had now lossed two members of her family and the town of Cordele felt terrible for her family and even worse when she donated a large amount of the insurance money to the church. But little did the town of Cordele know that Janie's “luck” was about to take a turn for the worst. Because a couple months after his little brothers funeral Lester Gibbs died suddenly after turning 16 which medical professionals had diagnosed with a very rare muscle disorder. So after 3 deaths and thousands of dollars donated to the church people were feeling terrible but suspicious, although no one felt right to question her because what if she wasn't lying and she was an avid church goer and nobody thought a woman like her could do something like that to her family. But through all the tragedy there was a glimmer of light, through all of the darkness that had surrounded the Gibbs family had glimmer of