Blanche Gibson, 92, of Tulsa, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2019. She was born October 17, 1927 in Liberty Mounds, OK, to Charles and Pauline Wood. She had worked for Murphy's Manufacturing. Some of Blanches favorite things were beans & cornbread with fresh lemonade, biscuits and gravy with hot black coffee, peach cobbler (actually anything sweet), popcorn , gardening & laughter. She also enjoyed being on the basketball team in high school, Thomas Kinkade paintings & books, Amish stories, Charlie Brown & Snoopy. Her Favorite movies were Gone with The Wind & Home Alone. She loved to go on short trips/rides in the car, walks around the neighborhood & parks, sitcoms, and her favorite western shows were Little House on the Prairie, The Walton's & GunSmoke. Every night at 6:30 pm, she would watch Wheel of Fortune, hardly ever missed an episode since it's been on the air. She loved her family and talking about the days when she was younger and on the farm picking cotton and riding her horse Sparky with her brother, Jim. Blanche is survived by her children, Larry Gibson and his wife Anna of Tulsa, Sherri Everett and her husband Andy of Ft. Worth, TX, Charles Wood of Moore, OK; her grandchildren, Leesa Smith of Tulsa, Gabrielle Farringer and her husband Kenny of Tulsa, Sarah Lancarte and her husband Adam of Ft. Worth, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 49 years, Herman Gibson and 5 siblings.
Viewing 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Visitation 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Friday, October 25, 2019, Moore's Eastlawn Chapel
Service 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 26, 2019
Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel
Moore's Eastlawn Chapel
1908 S. Memorial Drive
Tulsa, OK 74112
918-622-1155