William Grandy Gibson
7/11/1931 - 1/3/2016
William G. (Bill) Gibson, allegedly born in the back of a filling station on July 11, 1931, has gone home to be with the Lord on January 3, 2016 after a short time with cancer.
He loved God and his family, and was a beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and excellent Shepherd to his family.
Bill was a believer in Jesus Christ and was privileged to worship and serve in many churches and was an active member of the Friends Community Church in Angleton. Active in the Emmaus Community and the Kairos Community, he shared God's grace and love as a volunteer inside and outside of prison walls as well as within other Christian organizations.
He graduated from Dermott Arkansas High School, served in the United States Navy during the Korean War, and graduated from Oklahoma State University with a BS and a MS in Agricultural Education. Upon graduation he taught at the Imperial Ethiopian College for four years. He then returned to OSU and earned a BS in Agricultural Engineering. He accepted a job with Dow Badische, later BASF, in Freeport, Texas, where he worked until his retirement in 1994.
He was preceded in death by parents, Frank and Edna Gibson; his sister, Edna Bond Gibson; and his first wife, Ruth Gibson.
He leaves behind his wife of twenty-five years, Kay Gibson; his brother, Frank Gibson and wife, Barbara; his brother, Eugene Gibson; his sister, Martha Ann Spoonamore; his daughter, Anna Flake and her husband, Mike; his daughter, Leslie Poole and her husband, Tom; his son, Brian Gibson and his wife, Dawn; his son, Steve Gibson; his daughter, Kim Harper and her husband, Don; his daughter, Dawn Fowler; his daughter, Deborah (Tig) Homyack; his son, Trevor Booth and his wife, Keri; his daughter, Leah Butcher and her husband, Willie; and his daughter, Chris Gibson; along with numerous nieces, nephews, grand-children and great grandchildren.
We are grateful to all of the special friends who have blessed and supported our family. Thank you for holding us up through your prayers and actions.
Services will be at First Presbyterian Church, 102 Yaupon Street in Lake Jackson at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 9, 2016, followed by a reception in the Fellowship Hall.
Online condolences can be conveyed at www.lakewoodfuneralchapel.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favorite charity.
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