GIBSON, Robert - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Perrysville --- Robert O. Gibson, owner of Gibson Motor Co., in Perrysville and partner with his brother, C. R. Gibson in Gibson Motors in Dana, died at 2:20 a.m. Thursday at his residence, Rt. 1, Perrysville after a seven-month illness. He was 58. His death came in the same home where he was born April 9, 1909, to Frank and Leona Langley Gibson. His marriage Feb. 12, 1948, was to Dorothy DeWitt, who survives. Also surviving are five sons, Robert D., Frank, William, Richard and Larry, all at home; a daughter, Bonita, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Wood, Clinton, Mrs. Margaret Anderson, Perrysville, and Mrs. Mary Hughes, Rt. 1, Perrysville; four brothers, William J., Ferndale, Mich., Donald R., Rt. 4, Danville, Ill., Harry L., South Bend, and C.R., of Dana, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. He was a graduate of Perrysville High School and a life resident of the community. He had operated the auto agency for Dodge, Plymouth and Saab in Perrysville since 1946. He was a member of Gessie EUB Church, Unity Lodge 344, F&AM at Perrysville, Walter Hoyt Post 350, American Legion, Perrysville, and the Perrysville Lions Club of which he was first president. He served in the Air Force during World War II in the Pacific Theatre. Final rites will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home with Rev. Dale Jackson and Rev. Donald True officiating. Burial will be in Hicks Cemetery. Masonic rites will be conducted 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home and Military rites will be conducted at the graveside by Walter Hoyt Post 350. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday afternoon and evening.