JOHN RAYMOND GILBERT WENT TO BE THE LORD ON NOVEMBER 15,2016. JOHN GILBERT WAS BORN IN FORT WORTH TEXAS ON JANUARY 7TH 1942 TO JOHNNY AND LILLIE ROBERTA GILBERT. JOHN IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 53 YEARS SALLIE GILBERT,HIS SONS ROBERT GILLBERT AND WIFE LAQUICIA GILBERT ,PAUL GILBERT,RAYMUND GILBERT ,KY GILBERT AND WIFE MELANIE ARROYO,DAUGHTERS CRYSTAL AND HUSBAND DARREELL DICKSON AND SHONDA GILBERT.HIS SISTER JOYCE THOMAS. 28 GRANDCHILDREN AND ABOUT 25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN .SISTER N LAW PROPHETESS LAURA WILLIAMS &MAMIE KING BROTHER N LAW BENJAMIN F HUGHES THE THIRD GOD BROTHER FOR LIFE -EDDIE BELL JR. ALL OF WACO TEXAS NEPHEWS RONNIE AND CARY THOMAS NIECE REGINA THOMAS MANY GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND GREAT GREAT NEIECES AND NEPHEWS. PROCEEDED IN DEATH HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, GRAND MOTHER OPHELIA JACKSON, HIS DAUGHTER CYNTHIA GILBERT DIED AS A INFANT , HIS SISTER NETTIE LEE ,HIS AUNT BILLIE JEAN MONSANTO AND NEPHEW PAUL HOUSTON .