Mrs. Edith Gibson

November 5, 1923 - April 16, 2020

Public Viewing for Mrs. Edith Gibson will be Thursday, April 23, 2020 from 11:00 A.M till Noon in The Ellis Cemetery, Hampton County. Graveside Services and Interment will follow in The Ellis Cemetery, Hampton County. Mrs. Edith D. Smith-Gibson, beloved daughter of the late Duncan and Jessie Brantley Smith was born on November 5, 1923 in Nixville Community of Hampton County, South Carolina. She departed this life on April 16, 2020 at Orangeburg Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, South Carolina after an extended illness. Mrs. Gibson accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior and became a member of Efferson Baptist church of Nixville. She attended the public schools of Hampton County. New Jersey where she met and married Thomas Gibson, Sr., to this union, four beautiful children were born. While in New Jersey she continued her education receiving training in Nursing Care. Edith became a member of Beauty Grove Baptist Church in Trenton, New Jersey where she sang in the senior choir and served in the Usher’s ministry, After forty years in New Jersey, she and her husband, Thomas moved to South Carolina and she joined Samaritan Baptist Church and sang in its Senior Choir. Her favorite song was “On The Banks Of The Jordan”. Left to cherish great and loving memories of her are: two daughters, Sylvia M. (Stanley) Watson of Willingboro, New Jersey and Pamela Gibson (primary caregiver) of Columbia, South Carolina; two sons, Thomas Gibson, Jr. of Frederick, Maryland and Timothy C. (Jackie) Gibson of Sumter, South Carolina; two granddaughters, Tabatha (Tony) Watson-Gravely and Tawana Watson both of Willingboro, New Jersey; a grandson, Timothy c. Gibson, Jr. of Sumter, South Carolina; three great-great granddaughters, Tyesha, Teanna, Tairia Gravely all of Willingboro, New Jersey; two great great-great grandsons, Morrell and Myles Mears both of Willingboro, New Jersey and a host of other relatives and friends. The Gibson family, acknowledges with grateful appreciation, all of your kind expressions of love and sympathy. Thank you for helping us care for our families. A. A. Dicks, Sr. and Staff.