Berniece Gibson : Obituary

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Berniece Alexander Gibson, age 90, of Blairsville, who passed away Sunday morning, August 19, 2012 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.

Mrs. Gibson was born in Blairsville, on March 7, 1922, a daughter of the late Ed Alexander and the late Hattie Alice Hunter Alexander. She was a homemaker and had been preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Ralph William Gibson, Sr. She was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church in Blairsville. Besides her parents and her husband, Mrs. Berniece was preceded in death by other family members: brothers: Hoyt, Tommie, and Jimmy Alexander; great granddaughter, Lauren Grace Elliott Miller and great grandson, Matthew Jake Gibson; and aunt, Dora Hunter Spiva.

Mrs. Gibson will be fondly remembered by many, and especially missed by her loving family: children and their spouses: Clarence Edward Gibson, Sr., and Wanda Gibson, of Blairsville; Hattie Ruth Harkins Thompson and William Thompson, of Alto, Georgia; Patricia Ann Gibson Elliott and J.D. Elliott, of Gainesville; and Ralph William Gibson, Jr., of Blairsville; sister-in-law, Thelma Gibson McClure, of Hayesville, North Carolina; brother-in-law, Leonard Gibson, of Hiawassee, Georgia; and sister-in-law, Martha Alexander, of Blairsville; twenty-one grandchildren, forty-four great grandchildren, and fourteen great great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews, and many friends also survive.

Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., in the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home. Burial will be in New Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home will be held on Tuesday evening, August 21, 2012, from 5 until 9 p.m.

Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville. You may share your condolences with the family on our website, www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.