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Mon, Jan 22, 5:12 PM
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While trying to find out Betsy Gibson’s new email address from her younger brother Dan, I instead discovered that Betsy passed away almost 2 years ago, on Friday, March 16, 2016.
I’ve reproduced and attached her obituary.
R.I.P. Betsy.
Elizabeth Betsy Wilson LUBBOCK-Elizabeth Betsy Wilson of
Lubbock passed away Friday, March 18, at the age of 72,
following an extended illness. Betsy was born in Janesville,
WI, and raised in Delavan, WI.
She worked for the CIA in Africa and Vietnam during the
1960s. Upon retirement, Betsy began a career in the banking
industry until retiring again in 2006. Following her marriage to
Roy, a career Marine, in 1971, they lived in many places,
including Greenwood, MS, Camp Lejeune, N.C., and finally
Nashville, TN, which would become her home for over 30
years. She settled in Lubbock in 2008, in order to be closer to
the love of her life, her grandson, Jack Cook.
Betsy is preceded in death by her husband, Roy, of 35 years in 2007, and her
parents, Frederick and Victoria Gibson. She is survived by her daughter, Jennifer
Wilson Cook, and husband, Chris, and their son, Jack. Also surviving is a sister, Deb
Lucci of Superior, WI, and two brothers, Dan Gibson of St. Paul, MN, and Andy
Gibson of Virginia. Betsy proudly donated her body to the Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center.
A memorial service is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23, at 5 p.m. at Lake Ridge
Chapel and Memorial Designers with Doug Hensley officiating. A tribute of Betsy's
life may be found at www.memorialdesigners.net, where you may view the webcast
of her service, leave memories and expressions of sympathy for her family.
The family has suggested in lieu of flowers donations may be made to Haven Animal
Care Shelter, havenacs@gmail.com, or Hospice of Lubbock,