Ada Mae Gibson

Ada Mae Gibson, 73, of 1438 Rainbow Road, Mountain City, TN Died Friday, August 7, 2009 in the Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC. Mrs. Gibson was a native of Sullivan County and had also resided in Johnson City, Chuckey, Unicoi and Mountain City. She was a daughter of the late Teddy Lee and Elsie Herrin Roberts. Mrs. Gibson was a member of the Skyline Heights Baptist Church and had worked in restaurants and also at North Electric. She is preceded in death by: her parents; and her husband, Robert Benson Gibson in 1974. Survivors include: five sons, Sherrill and his wife Sondra Gibson of Jonesborough, Karl and his wife Sarah Gibson of Johnson City, Lloyd and his wife Diane Gibson of Erwin, Jerry and his wife Kathy Gibson of Mountain City, and Terry Gibson of Johnson City; one daughter, LuAnn Gibson Davenport of Elizabethton; three brothers, Herbert 'Bud'? Roberts of Chuckey, TN, Roy Roberts of Denton, NC and Noah Roberts of Dalton, GA; two sisters, Louise Peters of Kingsport and Opal Ingle of Jonesborough; twelve grandchildren, Robert Gibson, Ben Gibson, Natasha English, Andrew Gibson, Robert Davenport, Rachel Gibson, Thomas Faulks, Katrina Faulks, Scott Gibson, Tiffany Faulks, Bethany Gibson and Derek Otto; several nieces and nephews also survive. A Memorial Service for Ada Mae Gibson will be held on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 8 PM in the Skyline Heights Baptist Church. Dr. Kenneth Gaskins will officiate. Interment of the cremains will be on a later date in Fairview Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 6 to 8 PM on Monday prior to the service.