Shirley M. Gibson

Abilene – Funeral services for Shirley M. Gibson, 77, Manchester, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Abilene. Burial will be in Prairiedale Cemetery in Talmage.Mrs. Gibson died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at Enterprise Estates Nursing Center in Enterprise.She was born May 27, 1930, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of William and Anna Ruth Davolt Milliron. She graduated from Armordale High School. She was a resident of Enterprise Estates since 2004.Mrs. Gibson was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Abilene. She was also a member of the Lazy Swingers Campers and Tuesday Bombers Bowling League.She married Glen Edward Gibson on Nov. 17, 1948, in Kansas City, Kan. He died May 10, 2003.Survivors include three sons, David Gibson, Manchester, Bruce Gibson, Lawrence, and Bill Gibson, Talmage; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.Friends may call until 10 a.m. Monday before the services at Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home in Abilene, where the family will receive them from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.The family suggests memorials to the First Baptist Church Memorial Fund, sent in care of the funeral home, 414 N.W. 3rd, Abilene, KS 67410.