Photo courtesy of Traditions Funeral and Cremation Services - Kellyville
Apr 3, 1936 - Oct 7, 2025
Berie, I thoroughly enjoyed our times of fellowship. I look forward to meeting you again in the kingdom of heaven. You are missed my brother. Pastor Tim and the congregates of First Assembly of Hope.
Rev Tim Taylor
October 10, 2025 | Sand Springs, OK | Friend
We will miss you Granddad, you’re great grandsons here had the privilege of meeting you and loving you. Having you around the last 11 years after grandma was a blessing. Please know we love you and miss you and we’re happy you’re reunited with grandma. Please give her love and tell her all about her boys here, I know she loved them just as much as you do. Rest I. Peace granddad
Lena Gomez
October 10, 2025 | Scottsdale, AZ | Grandchild
Mvfo Obituary
Berie Gibson (Mvfo) 89, Tulsa, Oklahoma born on April 3, 1936, passed away October 7, 2025, and went to be with his Lord and reunited with his wife Rena, of Salt River, Arizona. He was born to Boyd and Fannie (Jacob) Gibson in Rufe, Oklahoma in a house that is near the present-day St. John Presbyterian church, Rufe, his home church.
Berie was raised in Wright City and began his education there and then to Dwight Mission and to Chilocco Indian School where he graduated in 1956. While attending Chilocco, Berie entered the military service by joining the Oklahoma National Guard, the 45th Infantry Brigade and later after graduation he joined the Air Force and was a proud veteran.
Berie’s life activities were spent traveling both nationally and internationally. He visited foreign countries related to his work which included working for Boeing, Hughes Aircraft and McDonnell-Douglas traveling to Vietnam, Jordan, Guam, Honduras, and Mexico. He was a helicopter mechanic and was very proud of his association with the Apache helicopter which he helped build and maintained. He was a proud member of the Choctaw Nation, a fluent speaker of the language and taught Choctaw language for many years for the Choctaw Nation.
Berie’s spiritual life was very important to him. He visited churches, healing conferences, missionary, worked with his pastor friends in Arizona traveling to the Mexican Indian tribes. He was very excited when called upon to preach the gospel, play the guitar, piano, and praying for anyone in need and seeking God’s favor for those lost. Berie’s wife, Rena, went before him and he spent his time between Arizona with his reservation friends and Oklahoma with his family and continued preaching the Gospel.
Berie was preceded in death by his parents, Boyd and Fannie (Jacob) Gibson, and Rena his wife and sisters Faye Gibson and Quay Myer and sons- Ricky and Fichik Gibson and stepson Timothy Blackwater and also his ex-wife Mary Louise Wilkinson, the mother of his four children Ricky, Fichik, Taloa and Tawalla.
He is survived by his son Taloa of Tulsa, Ok, daughter Tawalla Turner of Marlow, OK and stepdaughter Irene Gomez and husband Daniel of Mesa, AZ. He is also survived by his grandchildren: Sunshine, Joshua, Daniel, Jacob, Amber, Ashley, Rachel, Jewel, Koi, Makayla, Sage, and Mikah Gibson. Sisters: Eleanor Gibson-Caldwell of Wright City, OK and Dorothy Gibson-Van Horn and husband Ron of Lawton, OK and Teri Billy of Durant, Oklahoma a niece who is more like a sister. As well as a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and loving extended family members Timothy and Alicia Nevaquaya.
Wake Service will be at Pickett Chapel UMC, Sapulpa, OK, on Saturday at 5 PM. Burial will be in Salt River, Arizona. Arrangement under Tradition’s Funeral Home in Kellyville, OK.
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