Shannon Gibbs

Shannon Fielding Gibbs (born May 29, 1955 – died February 25, 1991) was the only child of Joann and Mac Fielding. She was also the first wife of Marine Gunnery Sergeant-turned-NIS/NCIS member Special Agent, Leroy Jethro Gibbs and the mother of Kelly Gibbs.
==Biography==
===Pre-Series===
Shannon grew up in the small town of Stillwater, Pennsylvania. She was born in May 29 as seen on her MCB ID card in Date With Destiny) 1955 seen on her gravestone when her husband/widower visits her grave on her birthday in Date With Destiny).
During summer before her senior year of high school, she worked at Ellen’s Dress Shop. Despite being from the same town, Shannon only properly met Leroy Jethro Gibbs while waiting for a train in summer of 1972 on the way out of town and the two quickly became good friends, eventually dating. He has seen her working in a store in town a while back and it was clear they found one another attractive. 
In 1980, she and Gibbs briefly broke up because Gibbs feared losing her because of his marine status. Taking advice from Ducky, Gibbs reconciled with Shannon and they got engaged. The pair married in December of 1981 and had a daughter they named Kelly sometime in 1982. They were a happy family and loved each other dearly. It is also shown and said by Jackson Gibbs that Shannon helped Gibbs connect with his father again and he adored her and Kelly. 
In 1991, her husband was fighting in Desert Storm in Kuwait. At the same time, she witness a shooting of a Marine in Oceanside, and she identified the killer as Pedro Hernandez, a Mexican drug dealer working out of Camp Pendleton. Shannon agreed to testify against him. An NIS agent was assigned to protect her and Kelly, but Hernandez shot the agent in the head while he was driving. Special Agent Kurt Mitchell was killed instantly. Shannon and Kelly were both killed in the following car crash. Shannon passed away at thirty-five years old alongside her daughter who was 8 at the time. 
===NCIS Season 3===
She is shown in flashbacks and is mentioned in the series. 
===NCIS Season 5===
She is shown in flashbacks and is mentioned in the series. 
===NCIS Season 6===
She is shown in flashbacks and is mentioned in the series. 
===NCIS Season 7===
She is shown in flashbacks and is mentioned in the series. 
===NCIS Season 9===
She is shown in flashbacks and is mentioned in the series. 
==Personality ==
Shannon appears to be a warm and kind woman. Gibbs and her fall for each other immidiately and it is revealed she helped him straighten out his life when he was going through a rough time and making bad decisions and she also helps him mend his relationship with his father. This speaks to her loving and empathic character. She is shown in flashbacks to be happily horseback riding with her husband Leroy and daughter Kelly on the beach, doing other family activities with them. She is the inspiration for Gibbs' list of rules, having created a set of her own prior to meeting Jethro, which shows how she inspires him as a person. 
==Physical Appearance ==
Shannon was a woman of above average height, standing at 5'7". She had red hair and blue eyes.
 
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