Funeral services for Betty Jo Gibson, 81, of Chickasha, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 in the Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Kim Hayes officiating.
Betty Jo (Clay) Gibson was born February 9, 1941 in Pickens, Oklahoma to Opal James Marion Clay and Janie Fern (Garner) Clay. She passed from this life on Friday, June 17, 2022 in Chickasha, Oklahoma.
Betty grew up in Pickens as a middle child with an older sister and a younger brother. She graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1958.
On August 8, 1958, she married the love of her life, Jerry V. Gibson, in Broken Bow and they shared almost 64 years of marriage.
Betty was a homemaker, raising her children and she enjoyed painting, crocheting, canning, and cooking. She was a great seamstress and sewed much of her family’s clothing. She was also very involved in church activities and enjoyed singing and playing piano. She attended and was active in several churches over the years, including Cedar Lake Church near Hinton and Ridgecrest Baptist in Bridge Creek.
She loved children and enjoyed babysitting and visiting with children she came across in the community. Betty was happy and soft-hearted with hugs for all.
She was preceded in death by both parents and a daughter Crystal Lynn Gibson.
Survivors include her husband Jerry of the home; son and daughter-in-law Greg and Shannon Gibson of Chickasha; daughter and son-in-law Rhonda and Albert Moore of Oklahoma City; sister Merry Branson of Council Hill; brother Jim Clay and wife Karen of Moore; grandchildren Courtney Payne of McLoud, Clayton Foster and wife Krystal of Broken Arrow, Callie Foster of Oklahoma City, Caleb Foster of Chickasha, Jesse Hurd of Oklahoma City, Abbi Gibson of Chickasha, Tris Moore of Chickasha, Joi Trammell and husband Levi of Oklahoma City, and Mia Moore of Chickasha; seven great-grandchildren and other extended family and friends.
Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.