Brenda Gibson

Brenda Sasser Gibson, 81, of Norwood, passed away Monday morning, June 20, 2022 at Trinity Place in Albemarle.

A Celebration of Life  will be held at 2:00PM, Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at Norwood Church of God.  Rev. David Shankle, Rev. John Miles,  Rev. Harry Harward and Rev. Gerald Gibson will officiate.  Interment will follow in Norview Gardens in Norwood.  The family will receive friends from 12:00PM - 1:45PM at the church, prior to the service.

Brenda was born July 2, 1940 in Stanly County to the late Franklin Camley and Edna Ussery Sasser.  She was a charter member of Norwood Church of God. She was last employed by Stanly County Schools as a bus driver.

 Brenda will be remembered by many as a “prayer warrior”, she always had time to pray for others. She was her grandchildren’s number one cheerleader on the ball field.  She loved watching them play!  

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Ray Gibson, Sr. and her siblings, Dennie, Ray, Tom, Ollie, Vernon and Paul Sasser, Ruby Hurt, Edna Morton and Margie Blalock;  great grandson, Jackson Carpenter.

She is survived by his sons, Walter Ray Gibson, Jr.(Penny) and Thomas Franklin Gibson(Melanie); daughter, Laceta Gibson Blalock (Frank Luther); grandchildren, Corey Gibson, Brandon Gibson (Tabatha), Hillary McConnell (Travis), Adrian Blalock ,Eric Blalock (Hayley) , Megan King (Austin), Sarah Carpenter (Cody), and Carrie Gibson; great grandchildren, Cailey Gibson, Scottlyn Gibson, Jaydon, Bryson, Easton, Kylee, Grayson McConnell, Khi McRae and Ellison King, Grayson Blalock, Weston Allen, Carson and Lynlee Carpenter; many nieces and nephews. 

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