Heather Michelle Smith Gibbs Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Heather Michelle Smith Gibbs of Warrenville, South Carolina, who passed away on September 9, 2020, at the age of 34, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her mother Lori Opalewski Lavallee; her grandfather Daniel Melvin Opalewski, Jr.; her great-grandparents, Daniel Melvin and Martha Krewson Opalewski, Sr.; her daughter Brinleigh Kate Gibbs of Warrenville, SC; her father Dean Smith of Augusta, GA; her grandmother Deborah Wolfe Opalewski of Graniteville, SC; her sisters, Nikki Smith of Charlotte, NC and Brittney Shealey (Brent) of Graniteville, SC; her aunts, Amy Hadden (Michael) of Graniteville, SC, Darle Opalewski (Marylee) of Clearwater, SC and Karen Newcombe of Clearwater, SC; her uncle Christopher Opalewski of Warrenville, SC; her cousins, Michelle Opalewski Atkinson (Lenny) of Graniteville, SC and Kerri Opalewski Lowe (Michael) of Warrenville, SC; her nephews, Braxx and Brendon Shealey of Graniteville, SC; her niece Kenley Belger of Jackson, SC; and the father of her child Dony Gibbs of Graniteville, SC..

Considering the COVID 19 restrictions concerning the number of attendees at public gatherings, the family will have a private gathering to memorialize and celebrate Heather's life.

The family request that in lieu of flowers, memorials to honor Heather may be made to a college fund for Brinleigh Gibbs, c/o Security Federal Bank.