Husband of Martha Virginia (Lampkins) Gibson (She died in 1947.)
Ben F. Gibson, First Wheaton Mayor, Dies
Neosho, Mo., March 2 – Ben F. Gibson, 79 years old, first mayor of Wheaton, died at 10:45 o'clock this morning in Neosho.
Born in Barry County, Mr. Gibson established the town of Wheaton was the town's first mayor and for many years operated a retail store there. He later moved to Newton County and two years preceding his death resided in Kansas City. He had been in failing health eight years.
Surviving are a son, M.R. Gibson, city clerk of Neosho; a daughter, Mrs. Edna McGlothlin of Liberty; three grandsons, Harold Gibson of Neosho, Harry Gibson of Iola, Kan., and R.E. McGlothlin of Phoenix, Ariz., and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are in charge of the Clark-Bigham funeral home.
From the Joplin Globe, Thursday, 03 Mar 1949
Ben F. Gibson, First Wheaton Mayor, Dies
Neosho, Mo., March 2 – Ben F. Gibson, 79 years old, first mayor of Wheaton, died at 10:45 o'clock this morning in Neosho.
Born in Barry County, Mr. Gibson established the town of Wheaton was the town's first mayor and for many years operated a retail store there. He later moved to Newton County and two years preceding his death resided in Kansas City. He had been in failing health eight years.
Surviving are a son, M.R. Gibson, city clerk of Neosho; a daughter, Mrs. Edna McGlothlin of Liberty; three grandsons, Harold Gibson of Neosho, Harry Gibson of Iola, Kan., and R.E. McGlothlin of Phoenix, Ariz., and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are in charge of the Clark-Bigham funeral home.
From the Joplin Globe, Thursday, 03 Mar 1949
Husband of Martha Virginia (Lampkins) Gibson (She died in 1947.)
Ben F. Gibson, First Wheaton Mayor, Dies
Neosho, Mo., March 2 – Ben F. Gibson, 79 years old, first mayor of Wheaton, died at 10:45 o'clock this morning in Neosho.
Born in Barry County, Mr. Gibson established the town of Wheaton was the town's first mayor and for many years operated a retail store there. He later moved to Newton County and two years preceding his death resided in Kansas City. He had been in failing health eight years.
Surviving are a son, M.R. Gibson, city clerk of Neosho; a daughter, Mrs. Edna McGlothlin of Liberty; three grandsons, Harold Gibson of Neosho, Harry Gibson of Iola, Kan., and R.E. McGlothlin of Phoenix, Ariz., and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are in charge of the Clark-Bigham funeral home.
From the Joplin Globe, Thursday, 03 Mar 1949
Ben F. Gibson, First Wheaton Mayor, Dies
Neosho, Mo., March 2 – Ben F. Gibson, 79 years old, first mayor of Wheaton, died at 10:45 o'clock this morning in Neosho.
Born in Barry County, Mr. Gibson established the town of Wheaton was the town's first mayor and for many years operated a retail store there. He later moved to Newton County and two years preceding his death resided in Kansas City. He had been in failing health eight years.
Surviving are a son, M.R. Gibson, city clerk of Neosho; a daughter, Mrs. Edna McGlothlin of Liberty; three grandsons, Harold Gibson of Neosho, Harry Gibson of Iola, Kan., and R.E. McGlothlin of Phoenix, Ariz., and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are in charge of the Clark-Bigham funeral home.
From the Joplin Globe, Thursday, 03 Mar 1949
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