William E. Gibson, age 74, of Wayland, son of the late Mattie Gibson, and adopted son of the late Joseph and Margaret Turner Gibson, died Wednesday, February 24, 2010, in the Ky. River Medical Center, in Jackson.

He was born December 27, 1935, in Wayland.

Survivors include one brother, James R. Gibson, of New Haven, Indiana, and two sisters: Ethel Krueger of Libertyville, Illinois, and Audrey Marshall of Lawrenceville, Georgia.

In addition to his mother and grandparents, he was preceded in death by three brothers: Roy, Ray and Joseph Gibson, Jr., and five sisters: Carrie Banks, Nell Hagewood, Verna Taylor, Minnie Gibson and June Webb.

Funeral services for William E. Gibson will be conducted Saturday, February 27 at 1 p.m., in the Hall Funeral Home Chapel, in Martin, with Doug Lewis officiating.

Burial will follow in the Gibson Cemetery, in Raven, with the Hall Funeral Home caring for those arrangements.