Career
In addition to her age, Gibson was in remarkable shape, able to be interviewed by National Broadcasting Company and others and still mentally fit until her final months. Unlike most of those confined to a nursing home, Gibson went out to eat at O"Charley"s restaurant regularly, even up to age 115. Gibson was born in Corinth, Mississippi.
The oldest located document, in the 1900 Census, lists her as born in 1890, as does the one in the 1920 Census.
Her Social Security record, however, lists her as born in 1889. Susie Potts married James West. Gibson in 1915, and they moved to northwest Alabama, settling in Sheffield.
By this time, Gibson was already 96 years old—and now living alone (though she had surviving grandchildren). Gibson lived on her own until age 104 when she moved into a nursing home in Tuscumbia, Alabama.
In November 2004, Gibson was interviewed, at age 114, and was able to talk more than an hour, remembering such things as the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, and that horse-drawn carriages would get stuck in the mud.
Gibson also recalled finding minié balls along the creeks near the old Shiloh battlefield. In October 2005, Gibson was interviewed again because of her 115th birthday, this time for National Broadcasting Company News (see video links).
