United Way Of Lamar County Announces New Board Members

(PARIS, Texas) – The United Way of Lamar County recently announced that three new members had joined their Board of Directors: Dr. Janice Gibbons, Melissa Allen, and Willy Dyck.

Dr. Janice Gibbons was born and raised in Cisco, Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a BS in biomedical sciences in 1991 and then obtained a Doctorate of Medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Gibbons completed a pediatric residency at the University of Alabama Birmingham and served a year as chief resident, 1997- 2001. Married to Mark Gibbons since 1991, she was his favorite med school classmate and lab partner. They have six children, ages 27-14 years.

They worked and raised children in various Army towns until Dr. Mark Gibbons retired from the Army in 2011, and they moved their family to Paris. Dr. Janice Gibbons worked at Hugo Medical Clinic from 2011-2014 and then moved to her current practice at the Pediatric Clinic of Paris. Hobbies include reading, exercising, and watching the Astros.

Melissa Allen was born and raised in Paris, Texas. Ms. Allen was a teacher for 15 years before moving to her current Interim Public Relations Director position at North Lamar ISD. She has been married to her husband, Brandon, an AG teacher at Chisum ISD, for 14 years, and together they have four sons, Huxley (13), Gantz (12), Moxin (7), and Hixton (1).

Willy Dyck was born in Ontario, Canada, but has called Paris home since the third grade. Mr. Dyck is the COO of Delco trailers and also actively serves at the Lighthouse Mission Church. In his free time, he enjoys staying active, whether in the gym or outdoors, traveling, flying, and spending time with friends and family.

An 18-member Board of Directors governs the United Way of Lamar County that may serve two three-year terms. For more information, please call the United Way office at 903-784-6642.