Tommy Gipson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Tommy Gipson, 80, of Gilmer will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 8, 2020 at Antioch Baptist Church with Bro. David Snelson, Bro. Michael Pool and Bro. Michael Phillips officiating. Interment will follow at the Grice Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at McWhorter Funeral Home. Tommy was born April 1, 1940, to Hermon and Susie Davidson Gipson in Upshur County, Texas and passed from this life October 5, 2020 surrounded by his family. He married Virginia Kay Henson, May 28, 1962, at the home of James Poole in the Grice Community. He worked as a lineman at Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative for 15 years before he began hauling pulpwood and firewood. Tommy was also a farmer and caretaker of Grice Cemetery for over 30 years. Tommy is survived by his wife, Virginia Gipson; son, Tommy Michael Gipson (Donna Ray); daughters, Jacquelyn Kay Cox (Donald), and Lisa Suzanne Phillips (Michael); and by 8 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents; and by 2 brothers and 4 sisters. Pallbearers will be Jesse Cox, Nicholas Cox, Adam Gibbons, Zach Gipson, Matthew Phillips, Stephen Gipson and Richard Gipson. Memorial donations may be made to Grice Cemetery Fund, 7390 Giraffe Rd., Gilmer, Texas 75644. Please visit Tommy’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.

Tommy Gipson

April 1, 1940 - October 5, 2020