The Times Leader
Princeton, Ky.
June 10, 2009

Julia Smith Gibson, 64, of Goodlettsville, Tenn., died Saturday, May 30, 2009, at Alive Hospice Skyline Madison Campus, Madison, Tenn., following a long battle with cancer.

Born Sept. 16, 1944, in Lyon County, a daughter of the late Ralph and Ruby Smith, she was a member of First Baptist Church of Goodlettsville, Tenn.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Peggy Lynn Smith; grandparents, Roy and Mae Anderson; and David and Tylene Smith.

Survivors include her husband, Danny Gibson; two daughters, Gretta Guess Bowersox and Christie Guess; five grandchildren, Terry Bowersox, Daniel Bowersox, Christine Bowersox, Craig Guess and Brandon Guess; three great-grandchildren, Trey, Jacob and Ashton, all of Goodlettsville, Tenn.; a brother and sister-in-law, Ralph and Lynn Smith of Springfield, Tenn.; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Joyce and Bobby Conquest of Ridgetop, Tenn., Barbara and Clifton Clift Jr. and Cheryl Cavanah, all of Princeton, and Betty and Rodney Polk of Kuttawa.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, June 2, at 2 p.m. at Cole-Garrette Funeral Home at Goodlettsville, Tenn., with the Rev. Doug Anderson, the Rev. Mike Dawson and the Rev. Tom Huls officiating.

Burial followed in Middle Tennessee Veteran’s Cemetery in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, June 3