Background
Gibson, James French was born on July 25, 1937 in Carrollton, Missouri, United States. Son of Benjamin Wilson and Gwendolyn (Truby) Gibson.
Gibson, James French was born on July 25, 1937 in Carrollton, Missouri, United States. Son of Benjamin Wilson and Gwendolyn (Truby) Gibson.
Student, University Missouri. Graduate, Cincinnati College Mortuary Science, 1958.
Funeral director, embalmer, Gibson-Rice Funeral Homes, Inc., Carrollton, Missouri, since 1958; president, Gibson-Rice Funeral Homes, Inc., Carrollton, Norborne, Waverly, Bosworth, Columbia, Mendon, and Brunswick, Missouri, since 1969. Real estate developer. Farm owner, operator.
Chairman Carrollton Economic Development Committee, 1987-1988. Member Carrollton School Board, since 1971, president, since 1989. Past president Missouri School Boards Association.
Member Leadership Missouri, Missouri Chamber of Commerce, 1991. Member Carrollton Chamber of Commerce (president 1969, 89, vice president 1987-1988), Carrollton Country Club, Country Club of Missouri, Kiwanis (president Carrollton chapter 1987-1988), Masons, Shriners.
Married Anna Elizabeth Woodward, June 22, 1957. Children: Ben Woodward, Elizabeth Annual.