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John Gibson Obituary

COLUMBIA - Services with burial for John Wesley Gibson, 84, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Zion Pilgrim Baptist Church. Visitation will be 1-7 tonight at Pearson’s Funeral Home. Born to George Sr. and Mary Jane Bright Gibson, he died May 15, 2008. Surviving: wife, Cynthia Gibson; children, Lora Jamison, Gloria Deramus, Showan Pralow, Michael Gibson, Rory Pralow; siblings, Geneva Boyd, Henry Gibson.



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Published by The State on May 19, 2008.

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Joan Mobley, President, Newcastle Concerned Citizens

May 21, 2008

We offer our deepest, sincere sympathy to The Gibson Family during your bereavement. Our prayers are with you.

Stephen & Deborah Pearson Masolwa

May 20, 2008

May God's Grace and Peace be with the family during this difficult time.

Janet Hutcherson-Eldridge

May 20, 2008

To the Gibson Family
May the glow of God's love light your way and may the warmth of his
embrace gives you peace and comfort.
Love, The Hutcherson Family Reunion Committee

Thomas & Odessa Javis

May 19, 2008

Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

Rosalind Alford

May 19, 2008

My thoughts and prayers are with you Lora and your family. I love you and see you at work.

Bridgett Clark

May 19, 2008

I will miss you pop Gib but God needed another angel and he chose you to be that angel.. You will be in my heart your sprit will be in the hearts of others forever
From the Clark Family.

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