Biography of Ed Gibson, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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The modest owner of Gibson Wholesale Meats is Ed Gibson, who has worked long and
hard to make his business a success. He was first partners with Walter Piddy,
which began in Marianna in Novermber, 1946 as Gibson-Priddy Wholesale Meat
Dealers. In October 1949, Mr. Gibson bought out his partner, and the business
has grown now with 14 employees, 5 trucks covering 7 counties. Mr. Gibson was
born at Boydell, Ark., son of W. E. and Annie (Simpson) Gibson, now of Hamburg.
A graduate of Dermtt High School, he attended Monticello A & M and Arkansas
State Teachers College. In May 1941, he joined the U. S. Army in World War II,
served three years overseas in the European Theatre, before his discharge on
Nov. 5, 1945. On Apr. 14, 1946, he married Miss Neva Buchanan, daughter of
Virgil and Myrtie (Helsley) Buchanan of Santa Paula, Calif., and to this union
has been born two children. He belongs to the Methodist church, the King-Beazley
American Legion Post, and was a member of the Rotary Club.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas