Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gibson, Hugh J., 1973 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ HUGH JOHNSTON GIBSON FRANKLIN - Hugh Johnston Gibson, 72, of 708 Walnut St. died Wednesday morning in Southampton Memorial Hospital. A native of Monroe County, Ga., he was the husband of Mrs. Jennie Sue Gibson. He was a member of High Street Methodist Church. He was a retired employee of Steinhardt Equipment Co. A funeral service will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Rudolph Kidd and the Rev. Charles Smith. Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Hugh Johnston GIBSON, of Franklin, retired Steinhardt Equipment Co. employee, b. 2 Jun 1901, Monroe Co., GA, d. 19 Dec 1973, Franklin, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Sect. A, Plot 15A*), Franklin, 21 Dec 1973, "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 20, 1973, p. B-12 *Additional information: Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #113879458. D.Cert. 73-036950 His parents, Daniel Harrison & Manfrey Donia "Donie" (JOHNSTON) GIBSON, are buried in Cabaniss Baptist Church Cemetery*, Cabaniss, Monroe Co., GA. His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 11, 1932, p. 4) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g125d1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g125h2ob.txt