Class of 1944
1944 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Thomas Charles Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bronson Gibson, Perry, is now serving in the United States navy, stationed at the Great Lakes naval training station in Illinois.
Thomas was born eighteen years ago at Webb City, and attended school at Slick, Oklahoma, for five years before entering Perry schools.
He has been a member of the DeMolay, Alpha Eta, and a participant in football and basketball.
Tommy plans to attend college in the post-war world and become an electrical engineer.
Thomas Charles Gibson
December 12, 1925 – May 12, 1996
Thomas C. Gibson, 70, Friendswood, Texas, formerly of the Perry community, died Sunday, May 12, 1996, while visiting in Bruce, Missouri.
Born in Webb City, Oklahoma, on December 12, 1925, he was the son of Charles Bronson and Moreta May Parkin Gibson. In March, before his graduation from Perry high school, he was inducted into the United States Navy.
Following two years serving overseas with the navy during World War II, he attended Oklahoma university and was employed by a Cushing drilling company.
On February 26, 1950, he and Deloris Ruth Morgan were married at the First Baptist church of Cushing. Thomas made his career in the oil industry.
Preceding him in death were his father and one son who died at birth, Thomas Charles Gibson Jr.
Survivors include: his wife, Deloris; two daughters, both of whom reside in Alvin, Texas; his mother, Moreta Ruckers, a resident of Perry Nursing home; and a sister, Sarah Lou Dolezal, Perry.
Graveside rites will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, at the Fairlawn Cemetery in Cushing, Oklahoma.