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Doris Corbin Gibson

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Doris Corbin Gibson

Mon, 01/15/2018 - 11:27 am
Doris Corbin Gibson, 96, of Fort Worth passed away Tuesday night Dec. 12, 2017. A memorial service will be held at the United First Methodist Church Chapel in Graham at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20. A graveside service was held Tuesday, Dec. 19 at Laurel Land Cemetery, Fort Worth. Doris was born in Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 30, 1921. She graduated from Wichita Falls High School and lived most of her life in Graham, where she retired after many years as a senior engineering assistant at the Texas Highway Department. A lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church, she was also a member of the Silas Morton Chapter NSDAR, CLSC, Graham Woman’s Club, Lions Club, Country Club and Young County Republican Party, and a member of the Fort Worth Women's Club and several DAR area Regents’ Councils. Doris enjoyed duplicate and social bridge for many years. She was a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the Colonial Dames of the XVII Century and National Society of the Daughters of the United States of 1812. She served the State Society of NSDAR as state librarian, state recording secretary and state chaplain. Doris and her husband, Charles, were ballroom dance enthusiasts and members of Fort Worth Farando and Metro dance clubs and the Big Band Dance Club in Wichita Falls. She was an avid college football fan and a dedicated supporter of the Oklahoma Sooners. Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Helen and Howard Corbin; her husband of 28 years; and sister, Kathleen Green. Survivors include her daughter, Sharon Allen and husband, Chris, and daughter, Dawn Ellison; granddaughter, Courtney Amason and husband, Bryan; great-grandchildren, Blayne and Myles Amason, and Codi and her husband, Kaden Walters; nieces and their families and great friends in Graham and Fort Worth. Memorial donations may be made to Silas Morton Chapter NSDAR Scholarship Fund, 2101 Cherokee Loop, Graham, TX 76450; the First United Methodist Church, 700 Third St., Graham, TX 76450; or Cal Farley's, P.O. Box 1890, Amarillo TX. 79174.