[1][2] Florence Reville was born April 4, 1890, in Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia.

[3] She grew up there, attending public schools, and then graduated from Brenau College in Gainesville, Georgia.

[3] In 1938, W. Benjamin Gibbs was elected as a Democrat to represent Georgia's Eighth congressional district in the 76th United States Congress.

[3] She did not run in the general election to represent the district in the 77th United States Congress, and she left office January 3, 1941.

After leaving Congress, Florence Gibbs retired from public life and resided in Jesup, Georgia, until her death there on August 19, 1964.