Catherine Smith Gibson

Catherine Smith Gibson, 91, of 66 McIntosh Lane, Asheville, NC, died Wednesday, October 20, 2004. Mrs. Gibson was born in Buncombe County and was a graduate of Emma High School. She was the daughter of the late Andy and Georgia Pike Smith and was also preceded in death by her husband, the Reverend Louie Elder “Hoot” Gibson and a daughter, Geneva Hollifield. Surviving are three daughters; Lois Jane Moore of Portland, OR, Juanita Kinsland of La Salle, MI, and Georgia Carter of Jonesborough TN, three sons ; Louie Elder Gibson, Jr. of Holts Summit, MO, Claude “Hoot” Gibson of Pinehurst, Ronald H. Gibson of Louisville, TN and one adopted son. She is also survived by a sister, Marjorie S. Cody of Asheville, twenty-five grandchildren, thirty-eight great-grandchildren and seventeen great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Gibson, along with her husband, founded the Ora Street Church of God, which grew into what is now known as the State Street Church of God. A funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Bryant Owen officiating. Interment will follow in Pisgah View Memorial Park. Mrs. Gibson’s grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Her family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home and at other times will be at 66 McIntosh Lane.