Jack E. Gibson

Mr. Jack E. Gibson, age 79, of Vidalia, died Sunday, June 29, 2025, at his home.  He was a native of Swainsboro and as a child moved to Vidalia where he lived the rest of his life.  He was a 1963 graduate of Vidalia High School, a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam, and in 1976, earned his license as a real estate appraiser.  Jack was an outdoorsman; he enjoyed fishing with his buddies at the Ohoopee River, camping, deer, turkey and dove hunting, deep sea fishing, and he was an awesome cook.  He is preceded in death by a granddaughter, Brittany Jacqueline McLain; and parents, Jack E. Gibson and Louise Mason Gibson.

His family includes his wife of forty years, Paula N. Gibson; two children, Cynthia Gibson McLain and husband Jeff, all of Vidalia, and Alli J. Harris and husband Buddy of Cocoa, Florida; five grandchildren, Jeffery McLain, Eryn McLain and fiancé Dawson Jones, Shelby J. Coursey, Gibson J. Harris and Sophia J. Harris; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Brenda Gibson Sims and husband Doug of Aurora, Colorado; and several nieces and nephews.

The family will have a service at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to Tunnel to Towers by visiting their website t2t.org.       

Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home of Vidalia is in charge of arrangements.   

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