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First Posted: 8/19/2012

The life of 22-year-old Kelci Gibbons was celebrated on Aug. 12 at the Harveys Lake Beach Club by those who knew her and loved her.

Photos of Gibbons as well as her many sports trophies and plaques were on display at the beach club while food, music and tie-dyed shirts added to the occasion.

A 2008 graduate of Dallas High School where she was a member of the 2007 state championship soccer team, Gibbons was killed in an automobile accident on July 24. She had attended Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, N.Y.; Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y.; and King’s College.

She is survived by her parents, Raymond R. and Kelly McCue Gibbons, of Dallas; an older brother, Brian, of Dallas; an identical twin sister, Michelle, of Dallas, who was born 12 minutes after Kelci; maternal grandmother, Patricia McCue, of Dallas; maternal grandfather, Conrad “Murphy” Hislop, Harveys Lake; paternal grandparents, Mary Ann and Ronald Strohl, Trucksville; aunt, uncles and cousins.