Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Lula Gibbs Denson
Washington Times Herald
Thursday, June 26, 1980
LULA DENSON
Mrs. Lula Gibbs Denson, 96, Washington Nursing Center Annex, died at
7:32 a.m. Wednesday at the Daviess County Hospital after a brief illness.
She had been in failing health the past six months. She was born Oct.
3, 1883 in Martin County, daughter of George E. and Sarah Gammon Gibbs.
Her first marriage was on Oct. 18, 1911 to Robert R. Batchelor, who
died Nov. 5, 1915. On May 31, 1919 she married Charles E. Denson, who
died in August 1941. Mrs. Denson was a member of Otterbein United Methodist
Church. She is survived by one son, Bernard Batchelor, Washington;
two stepsons, John E. Batchelor, Clearwater, Fla. and Clifford P. Denson,
Terre Haute; 18 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter,
Edith, three stepsons Carl and Floyd Denson and George Batchelor, four
sisters and three brothers. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday
at the Gill Chapel with Rev. Max Nicoson as minister. Burial will be
in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday.
Contributed by: Diane Gibbs Knight