PallbearersCarthrelle Godbee
Anthony McFadden
Tavarius Lively
NaQuincy Oliver
Maceo Smith
James Childs
Demorio Childs
AcknowledgementsThe family wishes to express their grateful
appreciation for the many expressions of sympathy, love, and
respect shown to them during their time of bereavement. May God
bless each of you.
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CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR
Walter Simp GibsonSunrise SunsetJanuary 14, 1919 May 19,
2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:00 A.M.
WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL1765 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Boulevard
Augusta, Georgia
qReverend Eugene Waltower, Officiating
Psalm 23
The LORD is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell
in the house of the LORD for ever.
Order of ServicePrelude
Processional
Scriptures Old Testament ................... Reverend Robert
Huff
Isaiah 43:1-3 New Testament ......... Reverend Eugene
Waltower
John 14:1-6; I Corinthians 51-58
Prayer ................................... Reverend Eugene
Waltower
Solo ................................................ Brother
James ChildsGrandson
Reflections Friend of the Family ........... Sister Andrea
Walker Son .............................. Brother Walter Gibson,
Jr.
Solo ................................................ Brother
James Childs
Acknowledgements .................... Sister Deborah
GardnerFriend oF the Family
Obituary ..................................... Brother Demorio
ChildsGrandson
Words of Comfort ................... Reverend Eugene
Waltower
Recessional ............................ Clergy, Family and
Friends
Interment ..................................... Walker Memorial
Park
CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR
Walter Simp Gibsond DAD AT AN EARLY AGE f
On Monday, May 19, 2014, God’s trumpet sounded, calling Walter
“Gip” Simp Gibson, Sr. home to glory. He was born on January 14,
1919 in Waynesboro, Georgia to the late Simp Gibson and Annie Mae
Weaver. One brother, Phillip Gibson, also preceded him in
death.
He joined McKinney Branch Baptist Church at an early age. Also
at an early age he met and married the late Lucille Kelly, and to
this union the Lord blessed them with five children, Bernice, Ann,
Bessie, Walter, Jr., and Dot.
He earned a living as a construction worker, but was known as a
handy man in his neighborhood. He performed many odd jobs,
including auto mechanic, for neighbors, family and friends.
d GETTING TO KNOW DAD f
Dad was a stern yet jovial person, even though he insisted upon
strict discipline. At the end of the day, he usually had a joke to
make us laugh. He taught us right from wrong and definitely
insisted that we go to church every Sunday. He was tenacious.
He and our late mother were married for seventy-one years, and
they truly loved each other.
d DAD’S LOVED ONES f
Those left to cherish Dad’s precious memories are; five
children, Bernice Kelly Evans, Ann Gibson Foster, Bessie Gibson
Stephenson (Harry), Walter Gibson, Jr. (Valerie) and Dot Gibson
Pollard (Mack); brother-in-law, Dock Kelly (Kim); sisters-in-law,
Barbara Kelly and Angela Warthen; fourteen grandchildren,
twenty-eight great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren
- Granddaddy’s bloodline lives on!!
