Alvin T. Gibson, son of the late Tom Gibson and Virgie Mae Lanning LaRue, was born on April 13, 1948 in Grayridge, Missouri, and departed this life on June 23, 2020 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 72 years.

Mr. Gibson was a former foreman for International Shoe/Brown Shoe in Sikeston Missouri.  He attended the Olive Branch Church and was a resident of Matthews Missouri.

He is survived by his son Earl Gibson and wife Margo of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Michael Gibson of Dexter, Missouri; by his sister, Donnie Jeanie Warren and husband Jon of New Bloomfield, Missouri; by his grandson, Brandon Gibson of Louisville, Kentucky, and by his great-granddaughter, Sophia Gibson.

He was preceded in death by his parents, by three brothers, Orville Gibson, Edward Gibson, and Wesley Gibson; by five sisters, Goldie Lafferty, Ada Harper, Sylvia Gibson, Dorothy Dyson, and Evelyn Davis; and by four siblings in infancy.

A private memorial service will be planned for a later date.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.