Funeral arrangements are as follows:
Funeral Services will be on Saturday, May 8th, at the North Cleveland Church of God in Christ, 355-11 Street (on the campus of Lee University). There will be visitation on Saturday morning, 10:00 to 11:55 am, with the funeral Service at 12 noon in the Chapel. The Rev. Larry Wilson and the Rev. Dr. Matilda Eeleen Greene Dunn will officiate. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens on North Lee Highway in Cleveland, Tennessee.
Lodging suggestions (in Cleveland, TN):
Hampton Inn 423-559-1001 $89.00
White Water Inn 423-479-7811 $34.43
Jameson Inn 423-614-5583
Wingate Inn 423-476-1212 $91.00
Fairfield Inn 423-664-2501 $109 (double), $109 (King)
Contacts for more information:
Thelma Thomas - 323-229-4297
Matilda Eeleen Greene Dunn - 423-400-7760
Nat Goodridge - 423-423-7051
Moore-Cortner Funeral Home - 931-967-2222
Ida Gibson
This is to announce the passing away of Mrs. Ida Gibson on Easter Day, April 4, 2010 at a local hospital in Cleveland, Tennessee., USA. She is the former wife of the late Ambassador Theophilus Thomas (Theo). Her parents, Chauncey and Mary Gibson, predeceased her, as did her brother Chauncey Gibson and sister Salome McGill. Mrs. Gibson had a close relationship with the family of the Late President William V. S. Tubman. She is survived by a sister, Katherine North (New York) and a sister-in-law, Frances Mayson (Liberia). She leaves to mourn three children - JoAnn Thomas Sandstrom (Rune) of Sweden, Theophilus Thomas, Jr. (Liberia), and Thelma Thomas (of California); several grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and a hosts of relatives and friends. Mrs. Gibson was a devout Christian who lived and practiced well her faith in God.
