JACKSON -- James C. Gibson, 47, of Jackson died Thursday, June 1, 2000.
He was born March 15, 1953, at Fairmont, West Va., son of Carl Lee and Florence Irene Linger Gibson.
He and Diana L. Wharton were married Feb. 27, 1975. She survives.
Gibson was employed as a fiberoptic cable layer for Johnson Com Con. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and attended the Baptist church in Oak Ridge.
Other survivors include his father of Marana, Ariz.; a son, Jeremiah Gibson and daughter, Brandy Gibson, both of the home; a brother, Larry Gibson of Wadsworth, Ohio and two sisters, Linda Albert of Reynoldsburg, Ohio and Lena Ann McNatt of St. Louis.
He was preceded in death by his mother and a stepmother.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Chapel in Perryville.
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