| Her father,
Jordan Carl (J.C.) Hibbard, Sr., was a machinist, employed by a
Houston company, Reed Roller Bit, and was in the middle of a
difficult decision making time when June Marie was born. He
had worked hard to establish himself in his trade but was now bothered by
his mother’s prayers. It seems that she had dedicated J.C. to the Lord when he was very young
and now was believing God to save him and call him into the ministry.
June Marie was a very sick baby and it was doubtful that she would live.
J.C. had often told his mother that there were two things that he didn’t
want to be and they both were preachers.
Somehow through all of the sickness, bills and
problems J.C. knew that if he would give it all over to the Lord that God
would take care of everything.
After much prayer and soul-searching, J.C.
told God that if he would heal June Marie that he would go into the
ministry. Well, shortly thereafter, June was suddenly a healthy baby girl
and so J.C. knew then where he was headed in life.
The years came and went and J.C. fulfilled
his promise to God. As June Marie grew up, she faced many difficult
times as a PK (preacher’s kid). But through mistakes then victories,
she always loved and followed the Lord throughout her lifetime.
June, along with her brother and sisters, all worked in her dad’s
ministry.
As a young girl, everyday before she would go
to school, she would get up with her younger brother and sisters and they
would go with J.C. to radio station KSKY
in Dallas, Texas where he had established his ministry and produced a radio
program called, The Hibbard Family.
Reverend Hibbard built three church
buildings, each named The Gospel Lighthouse and the family
was involved in all three.
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