Harce Leon Gibbs, 93, died Friday, June 4, 2021, at his home in Eula.  Services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 7, 2021, at the Hwy. 36 Church of Christ with Greg Melton and Gary Vannoy officiating.  Burial will be at 4:00 p.m. in the Crews Cemetery near Winters under the direction of Bailey-Howard Funeral Home of Clyde.  Visitation will be from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Harce was born April 16, 1928, in Crews, Texas, to Lonnie Benton and Jodie Beatrice (Dean) Gibbs and attended school and lived in Crews for many years.  He worked for Dry's Enterprises in Winters where he was a supervisor.  He moved to Rising Star in 1963 and worked for Kohler in Brownwood until he retired.  Harce married Judy Smoot on August 9, 2014, at the Hwy. 36 Church of Christ and the couple moved to Eula.

Harce was a calf roper for over 70 years and was still roping at 92 years old.  He was a member of TSRPA, NOTRA Roping, US Roping, Extreme Roping, the Old Settlers Reunion Cowboy Hall of Fame in Stamford and participated in many, many local rodeos and jackpots.

Harce not only loved to rope; he also loved to dance.  He never met a stranger, always striking up a conversation with people he came into contact with and would ask them "Do you know the Lord?"  Harce lived life "his way."

Harce is survived by his wife, Judy, of Eula; three sons, Wayne Gibbs and his wife Paula of Clyde, Leon Gibbs and his wife Anita of Alvarado and Gary Smoot of Abilene; two daughters, Tammie King and her husband Brian of Lawn and Alaina Vogler and her husband Dan of Abilene; 16 grandchildren, Jason Gibbs, Sheri Walters, Charlie Walters, III, Noel Pierce and husband Stephen, LeAwna Springer and husband Russ, Lance Bellis and fiancé Ashley, Kole King and wife Christi, Kara King, Kali King, Alisyn Smoot, Blake Vogler and wife Hannah, Ashlynn Vogler, Rusty Smoot, Doug Smoot and wife Kassi, April Hayhurst and husband Zach, and Chris Smoot and wife Kortney; 25 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Ginger Jo Bellis; two sons, Johnny Smoot and Tony Smoot; two sisters, Anna Lee Hopper and Leona Fay Morton; one brother, Connie Hale Gibbs; and the mother of his children, Norma Jo Sudduth.