Charles Herman Gibson, Sr., age 77, of 15 Botany Drive, Eagle Rock, Virginia died Monday, November 10, 2008 at his residence. He was born December 12, 1930 in Alleghany County, Virginia, a son of the late Willie Lewis Gibson, Sr. and Naomi Howard Gibson. He served in the United States Army in the 1st Cavalry - 70th Tank Battalion during the Korean War and also served in the National Guard. He was a retired storekeeper for CSX Transportation and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. Charlie had a great love of his family, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Lord. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Rose Leola Lamb Gibson in August of 2005, two sisters, Evelyn Childs and Eleanor Willard, a brother Richard Arnold Gibson, two grandchildren, and one great grandson. He is survived by a son, Charles H. Gibson, Jr. and wife Geneva of Bruce, WI, a daughter, Carrie Lou Mattox and husband Joel of Eagle Rock, a foster daughter, Victoria Sorrels of Clifton Forge, four sisters, Lois Ford of Charleston, WV, Margaret Dame of Selma, Catherine Vanness of Clifton Forge, and JoAnn Scobee of LaJunta, CO, three brothers, William Lewis Gibson, Jr. of Yelm, WA, Reginald Gibson of Clifton Forge, and Robert Bernard Gibson, Sr. of Clifton Forge, seven grandchildren, Cherie Cattlet, Jay Kent Mattox and wife Cordilla, Amy Angle, Terry Hoover and husband Billy, Charles H. Gibson III, Robbie Gibson, and Willie Myers who is currently serving in Iraq, twelve great grandchildren including a special great grandson, Joel Herman Clarence Hall, and a number of nieces and nephews. A Funeral Service will be held on Friday at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge with Pastor Bill Dillon and Pastor Carl Collins officiating. Interment will follow in Alleghany Memorial Park, Low Moor. Pallbearers will be Deacons of the Immanuel Baptist Church. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Nicely Funeral Home. There will be no visitation at the home. The family suggests memorial tributes take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society, C/O Karen Buzzard, 807 McCormick Blvd, Clifton Forge, VA 24422, The American Heart Association, ATTN: Joy Weeks, Memorial Chairman, 2212 Dressler Drive, Covington, VA 24426 or to the Alleghany Diabetic Education Program, Alleghany Regional Hospital, ATTN Brenda Graham, PO Box 7, Low Moor, VA 24457.