Ben Gibson Jr. peacefully entered into eternal rest on Monday, September 13, 2021. “Ben”, “Nap”, “Nappy Chin”, “Bay Brother”, as he was called, was the oldest son of Ben Gibson Sr. and Nina Mae Gibson Fowler.He was the husband of Earnestine Gibson.

“Bay” was an active and faithful member of Mount Zion World Outreach Church where he, along with his best buddy, Rush, started the breakfast ministry in 2012.

Mr. Gibso retired from Draper Corporation after thirty-nine years of service.

Left to cherish fond and loving memories are: his sons, Donald (Dollie), Dennis (Kathy, deceased), Robin (Barry) Dendy, Robert Clyde Wallace and Stephon Littlejohn, John Littlejohn, Stephon Harris, Michael Coleman (Tiffany); his daughters, Daisy Wardlaw, Melody Woodruff, Shawnn Abrams, Cindy Grayson, Ashley Durham and Tara Pettigrew; special son-in- law, Barry L. Dendy; brothers-in-Christ, Eddie Byrd, Middlebrook, Brother Logan, and the rest of the crew; his siblings, Sandra Rookard (Dewey), Mary Gibson (Abraham), Donald Gibson (Dianne), Poochie Gibson, Charlie “Hawk” Gibson and Mark Gibson (Nell); his grandchildren; his great-grandchildren; his great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by: two sisters, FannieFoster and Nettie Gibson.

A Celebration of the Life of Benjamin Gibson, Jr. will be held today, Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Zion World Outreach Church, 320 Wimberly Dr., Spartanburg, SC. Burial will be in the Lincoln Memorial Gardens, 2256 Cannons Campground Rd., Drayton, SC.