Leroy Gibson

Leroy Gibson, 77, well-known Columbia businessman, farmer, founder and operator of Gibson Oil Company from 1956 to 1988, and resident of Tindell Lane, died Saturday, November 26, 2005 at Life Care Center. A Memorial Service will be conducted Monday at 3:00 p.m. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with The Rev. Thomas Wilson officiating. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols and Monday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. in St. Peter's Parish Hall. Memorials may be made to St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 311 West 7th Street, Columbia, West 7th Street Church of Christ, 405 West 7th Street, Columbia or Columbia Academy, 1101 West 7th Street, Columbia. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Emmitt Matthew Gibson and Nina Sands Gibson. He was a 1946 graduate of Columbia Central High School and served in the U. S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. Mr. Gibson was a communicant of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and a former member of the Columbia Lions Club. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Johnson Gibson, whom he married December 24, 1948; a daughter and son-in-law, Linda Kay and Samuel Hardy Duerson, III of Lynchburg, Virginia; a son and daughter-in-law, Paul Leroy and Cynthia Gibson of Columbia; five grandchildren, Virginia Tyler Duerson, Sarah Gordon Duerson, Brandon Paul Gibson, Charles Leroy Gibson and Jeffrey Lane Gibson; a brother and sister-in-law, Joe Carlton and Freda Gibson of Columbia. Pallbearers are Rainey Gibson, Pat Gibson, Jeff Prestwich, Neal Gibson, Alan Gibson, Larry Petty, Cliff Walker, James Hoil and Nancy Walker, Glen West, Randell Rummage, Randy Rummage, Robert Rummage, Charles Hubbell, Jeff Hubbell, Jamie Hubbell, Neal Gibson, Carl Johnson, John Johnson, Teddy Fralix, Cecil Franks, Dr. Tad Porter, Terry Duncan, Tom Burt, James Burt, Ray Burt, Doris Cecil, Billy McKennon, Van Boshears, Judge Bobby Sands, Paul McIntosh, Pat McIntosh, Wilma Sowell, Ronnie Erwin, Billy Campbell, Ted Wray, Ronnie Neal, Bob Sanders, Milburn York, Louis Day, Mayor Jim Bailey, Patricia Hulen, Bobby Morgan, Gregory Edwards, Ray Floyd, Mike Floyd, Rufus Haygood, Felix Tenna, Dorothy Graves, Linda Baltzer, Jennifer Richardson, Joe Foster, Dr. Gibran Naddy, Charlie Southern, Steve Bostelman, Luther Jones, Mike Davidson, W. H. Pigg, Jr., Paul and Pat McIntosh, James and Michelle Lanius, Central High School Class of 1946, and Arby's Coffee Drinkers. The Gibson family expresses deep appreciation to the staffs of Maury Regional Hospital Oncology Center and Life Care Center for their efforts, care and concern on his behalf.