John O. Gibson, Sr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

John O. Gibson, Sr., 75, of Morgantown, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at the Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, following a brief illness. Born in Morgantown on Dec. 28, 1939, he was a son of the late Elmer Gibson and Helen (McCrobie) Gibson Wood. A 1958 graduate of Point Marion High School, he was a coal miner, retired from Blacksville #2 Mine. John was a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a member of the V.F.W. Post 747 and the American Legion, Post 499, both of Point Marion, as well as the U.M.W.A., Local 1702, in Blacksville. In his spare time, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and woodworking, or playing with his pets. Surviving are his three sons and their wives, John O., Jr. and Barbara Gibson of Hurt, Virginia, Jeff and Alley Gibson of Zebulon, North Carolina, and Steven and Melissa Gibson of Barnesville, Ohio; seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and a nephew, Greg Hostetler and his wife Angela, of Smithfield, Pa. He was predeceased by his loving sister, Helen V. “Sammy Lanham on June 3, 2015. Friends will be received in the Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion, Friday from 5 – 8 P.M., and Saturday from 10 – 11:00 A.M., the hour of service, with Rev. Jerry Paris officiating. Interment follows in Eden Cemetery, Stewartstown, with Military Honors accorded at the graveside by the Point Marion Veterans Posts.

John O. Gibson, Sr.

December 28, 1939 - October 28, 2015