Jessie "Sonny" Gibson, 85, lifelong resident of Wylie passed away at his residence on Friday August 6, 2021 with his loving family standing by his bedside. Sonny was born at home in Wylie to parents Jessie Lee and Frieda Odessa (Parker) Gibson. Sonny and his siblings went to school here in Wylie and that was where he met the love of his life, Bettie White. He and Bettie had gone through school together and once graduating they married on May 18, 1957 in Durant, Oklahoma.
Sonny had worked at the Ford Plant and Allied Aviation at both Love Field and DFW airports before joining the family at J & T Cabinet Manufacturing. Sonny joined them in 1980. After he retired he liked to work in his shop where he would make bird feeders and just other little things.
He is survived by daughter, JoAnn Gibson; son,Benji Gibson and his wife Pam; sister, Pauline Tramell and husband, J.R.;brother,Troy Gibson and wife Beth; 5 grandchildren,Kelly, Corey, Brandon, Britnie and Chase; 6 great-grandchildren, Jillian, Wyatt, Tye, Lane, Ruby, and Jace. Preceding Sonny in death were his parents Jessie Lee and Frieda Odessa Gibson, his wife Bettie Gibson and brother, William E. Gibson.
There will be a visitation on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. in the Allen Funeral Home Chapel. The funeral service will also be in the Funeral Home Chapel beginning at 11:00 A.M. Rev. John Spencer will be officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Kreymer Cemetery.
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Sonny had worked at the Ford Plant and Allied Aviation at both Love Field and DFW airports before joining the family at J & T Cabinet Manufacturing. Sonny joined them in 1980. After he retired he liked to work in his shop where he would make bird feeders and just other little things.
He is survived by daughter, JoAnn Gibson; son,Benji Gibson and his wife Pam; sister, Pauline Tramell and husband, J.R.;brother,Troy Gibson and wife Beth; 5 grandchildren,Kelly, Corey, Brandon, Britnie and Chase; 6 great-grandchildren, Jillian, Wyatt, Tye, Lane, Ruby, and Jace. Preceding Sonny in death were his parents Jessie Lee and Frieda Odessa Gibson, his wife Bettie Gibson and brother, William E. Gibson.
There will be a visitation on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. in the Allen Funeral Home Chapel. The funeral service will also be in the Funeral Home Chapel beginning at 11:00 A.M. Rev. John Spencer will be officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Kreymer Cemetery.
To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Jessie "Sonny" Eugene Gibson,
Jessie "Sonny" Gibson, 85, lifelong resident of Wylie passed away at his residence on Friday August 6, 2021 with his loving family standing by his bedside. Sonny was born at home in Wylie to parents Jessie Lee and Frieda Odessa (Parker) Gibson. Sonny and his siblings went to school here in Wylie and that was where he met the love of his life, Bettie White. He and Bettie had gone through school together and once graduating they married on May 18, 1957 in Durant, Oklahoma.
Sonny had worked at the Ford Plant and Allied Aviation at both Love Field and DFW airports before joining the family at J & T Cabinet Manufacturing. Sonny joined them in 1980. After he retired he liked to work in his shop where he would make bird feeders and just other little things.
He is survived by daughter, JoAnn Gibson; son,Benji Gibson and his wife Pam; sister, Pauline Tramell and husband, J.R.;brother,Troy Gibson and wife Beth; 5 grandchildren,Kelly, Corey, Brandon, Britnie and Chase; 6 great-grandchildren, Jillian, Wyatt, Tye, Lane, Ruby, and Jace. Preceding Sonny in death were his parents Jessie Lee and Frieda Odessa Gibson, his wife Bettie Gibson and brother, William E. Gibson.
There will be a visitation on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. in the Allen Funeral Home Chapel. The funeral service will also be in the Funeral Home Chapel beginning at 11:00 A.M. Rev. John Spencer will be officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Kreymer Cemetery.
To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Jessie "Sonny" Eugene Gibson,
Sonny had worked at the Ford Plant and Allied Aviation at both Love Field and DFW airports before joining the family at J & T Cabinet Manufacturing. Sonny joined them in 1980. After he retired he liked to work in his shop where he would make bird feeders and just other little things.
He is survived by daughter, JoAnn Gibson; son,Benji Gibson and his wife Pam; sister, Pauline Tramell and husband, J.R.;brother,Troy Gibson and wife Beth; 5 grandchildren,Kelly, Corey, Brandon, Britnie and Chase; 6 great-grandchildren, Jillian, Wyatt, Tye, Lane, Ruby, and Jace. Preceding Sonny in death were his parents Jessie Lee and Frieda Odessa Gibson, his wife Bettie Gibson and brother, William E. Gibson.
There will be a visitation on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. in the Allen Funeral Home Chapel. The funeral service will also be in the Funeral Home Chapel beginning at 11:00 A.M. Rev. John Spencer will be officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Kreymer Cemetery.
To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Jessie "Sonny" Eugene Gibson,
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