Gibson, Lillyan 

KILGORE -- Services for Lillyan Gibson, 84, of Kilgore, will be 
2 p.m. Saturday, July 8, 2006, at the St. Luke's United Methodist 
Church, with the Reverend Gus Browning and the Reverend Ernie 
Turney officiating. Burial will follow in Kilgore Cemetery. Mrs. 
Gibson died Thursday, July 6, 2006, in Kilgore. She was born 
August 12, 1921, in Electra, where she graduated high school. 
Lillyan married Kenneth Gibson on April 19, 1942. They moved to 
Kilgore in 1950. The Gibsons joined St. Luke's United Methodist 
Church in 1952, where she was a member of the United Methodist 
Women, taught fourth grade Sunday school, and later served as 
president of the Susanna Wesley Sunday School Class. She was a 
member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Club Au Currant. 
She was preceded in death by her son, Rudy Johns Gibson. Mrs. 
Gibson is survived by her husband of 64 years, Kenneth Gibson of 
Kilgore; son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth K. and Cindy Gibson of 
Kilgore; daughter and son-in-law, Kalynn and Danny Harrison of 
Kilgore; four grandchildren, Shane Gibson of Kilgore, Leigh 
Collier of Austin, Dana Weathers of Longview, and Whitney Gibson 
of Kilgore; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and 
nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Luke's 
United Methodist Church, 401 Main St., Kilgore, TX 75662. The 
family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. Friday evening, July 
7, 2006, at Rader Funeral Home. Please leave online condolences 
at www.Raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/7/2006.