WILBUR LEON GIBSON, age 82, of Estill Springs, Tenn., departed this life on Saturday, January 3, 2026, at St. Thomas Midtown following an extended illness.  Mr. Gibson was born on August 20, 1943, to the late Wilbur Freeman Gibson and Edna Ruth McGouirk in Meriwether County, Georgia.  He lived briefly in Woodbury Georgia and Cove, Georgia, and was raised in Lizella, Georgia.  Mr. Gibson joined the Air Force in 1960 and served four years, serving in Tripoli, North Africa and Sewart Air Force Base, Smyrna, Tenn.  He was employed at Avco in Nashville for 3 years, and went to Nashville Welding School, before going to work for Tennessee Valley Authority in Murfreesboro.  He transferred to Winchester Tennessee in 1976, to work for TVA as a lineman and inspector before retiring in 1999.  Mr. Gibson married Doris Abbott Davis of Winchester in 1980, who predeceased him in 2019.  He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing.  Additionally, he took pleasure in sawing rough lumber for numerous woodworking projects. Mr. Gibson was an active member of New Creation Recovery Church in Tullahoma, Tenn.

Mr. Gibson is survived by his sons, John Freeman Gibson and wife, Amy Austell Gibson of Nunnelly, Tenn., William Lee Gibson of Estill Springs, Tenn. Stepson, Christopher Davis and wife, Connie of Winchester.  Grandson, Michael Lee Gibson of Estill Springs, Step-grandchildren, Jonathan Davis and Crystal Davis Sanders.  Sisters; Barbara Klein and husband, Bob, Debbie Smith and husband, Murray.  His former wife, Madge Kimbro, with whom he had his two sons, Lee and John Gibson.

Services will be conducted at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 7, in the Chapel of Grant Funeral Services with Pastor Tim Totty, officiating. Visitation with the family will be held from 11:00 A.M. Wednesday prior to the service at 1:00.

Interment will follow services on Wednesday at Franklin Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in his honor to either Celebrate Recovery, 1115 Bel-Aire Drive, Tullahoma, TN  37388 or Shepherd's House of Tullahoma, TN (https://shepherdshousetullahoma.com/donate/).