Gibbons, Cathy Vandergriff

Respiratory Therapist At CHI Memorial Hospital For Over 30 Years Was Avid Baker

  • Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Cathy Vandergriff Gibbons
Cathy Vandergriff Gibbons

On Saturday, January 23, 2021, Cathy Vandergriff Gibbons, 60, passed away peacefully at her home.

She was a loving wife, mother, and daughter.  Cathy was a graduate of Red Bank High School, and Chattanooga State Community College.  She was an avid baker and Respiratory Therapist at CHI Memorial Hospital for over 30 years.

Cathy was preceded in death by her mother, Lodema Vandergriff.

She is survived by her father, Tommy Vandergriff and Norma; her husband, Adrian Gibbons; her son, Dr. Adam Clay Vandergriff; her sister, Rhonda Vandergriff Jocsing; her nieces, Victoria Jade Jocsing, and Peyton Danielle Jocsing; and loving family and friends.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home North Chapel, with the Reverend Kevin Becker officiating. Interment will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 1, at Chattanooga Funeral Home North Chapel.

The family requests memorial contributions be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: Memorials Processing, St. Jude Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN  38105-9959, or online-stjude.org/memorial

We respectfully request that “social distancing”, wearing masks at all times, and all CDC guidelines and measures be adhered to at the funeral home and the cemetery.

Arrangements are by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory, and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343. 

Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com.

 

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