Obit of Gipson, Michael Wayne - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 18 Jun 2006 Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Post Cemetery--Fort Sill OK Lawton Constitution 27 Apr 2003 Michael Wayne Gipson Funeral for Michael Wayne Gipson, 56, Lawton, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Bethlehem Baptist Church with Gary E. Bender, pastor, officiating. Mr. Gipson died Wednesday, April 23, 2003, in Southfield, Mich. Burial will be in Fort Sill Post Cemetery with military honors under direction of Jefferson Funeral Home. He was born April 5, 1947, in Hobart, to P. H. and Callie Holland Gipson Jr. He graduated from Hobart High School in 1965 and attended Cameron University where he was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He married Malinda Garmon on Dec. 21, 1974, in Lawton. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and joined the Lawton Police Department in 1971. He retired after 21 years of service. He also worked as a security guard at MacArthur Junior High School. Survivors include his wife, of the home; his mother, Callie Davis; his step-mother, Ella J. Gipson, Lawton; two daughters: LaDonna K. Gipson, Edmond, and Darla Michelle Watson and husband Ron, Chattanooga, Tenn.; a son, Jeffery C. Gipson, Lawton; six grandchildren: Essence, Terrelle, Danielle, Kameno, Ashlee and Kavin; five sisters: Elaine Anderson and husband Ralph, Irving, Texas, Arlene Bonita Gipson, Oklahoma City, Pauline Timmons, Hobart, Carol Ann Gipson, Rosaline Ford and husband John, all of Dallas, Texas; five brothers: Tyrone Gipson and wife Marshanna, Fort Campbell, Ky., Paul Gipson and wife Brenda, Mesquite, Texas, Roger Holliwell and wife Kita, Lawton, Reginald Holland, Atlanta, Ga., and Rick Holland, Woodward; five aunts: Evelyn Thomas, Detroit, Mich., Dorothy Jefferies, Hobart, Johnnie Gipson, Oklahoma City, Thelma Gipson, Spencer and Edna Ray, Lawton; two goddaughters: Yolanda Farrington, Atlanta, Ga., and Lamiah Latimer, Lawton; close friends Montez and JoAnn Brown, Lawton and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his father. Visitation will be at the funeral home from noon until 8 p.m. Monday. Omega services for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will be at 7 p.m. Monday. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html