Anna Bell Gibson

ANNA BELL GIBSON
ANNA BELL GIBSON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT SHIRLEY, MISSOURI ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1905. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE HUGH "JAY" AND ELLEN (EYE) OWENS. ANNA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE POTOSI MANOR IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON JULY 8, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY-SIX YEARS, NINE MONTHS AND SIXTEEN DAYS.
ANNA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO EUGENE GIBSON ON APRIL 19, 1924 IN SHIRLEY, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE DAUGHTER, JUDY RIESS AND HUSBAND EDWARD OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE SON, WINIFRED GIBSON OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, TEN GRANDCHILDREN, SIX STEP GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND FOURTEEN STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO STEP DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW, ADDIE GIBSON OF BOONE, COLORADO AND LEONA "TOOTS" GIBSON OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, WARREN GIBSON, TWO STEP SONS, GLEN GIBSON AND VIRGIL GIBSON, THREE SISTERS, BERTHA WOODS, MARPLE WILSON AND JUANITA WILSON, TWO BROTHERS, LEONARD OWENS AND LLOYD OWENS AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN.
ANNA ENJOYED MANY THINGS IN LIFE. SHE LOVED VEGETABLE GARDENING AND THEN CANNING ALL OF THE VEGETABLES. ANNA LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. WHEN THEY WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR YOU COULD ALWAYS SEE A SMILE ON HER FACE. ANNA WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD 4:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2002 AND 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM ON THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 1:00 PM ON THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE WHITE OAK GROVE CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARER WAS PAUL EYE. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE J.R. HENDERSON, JERROD HENDERSON, D.J. POLITTE, ERIC NIXON, CHAD GIBSON, SETH GIBSON, THOMAS KEITH AND BRYAN BUST.