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Barrie Gibson
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with a Masonic service at 7 p.m. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, with military honors presented by the United States Navy and Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 299. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to American Cancer Society. Barrie was born on Feb. 27, 1942, the adopted son of Dorothy and Keith Gibson of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He moved to South Carolina in 1956, where he completed high school. He married Betty Louise Nagle on April 25 1964. She preceded him in death on Aug. 5, 2005, after 41 years of marriage. Mr. Gibson joined the US Navy in April of 1961, serving more than 19 years until his retirement in June 1980. He later was employed for more than 22 years by the Metropolitan Airport Authority in the ground maintenance department, retiring on March 28, 2008. Barrie was an active member of the Masonic Eureka Lodge 69, Milan, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 299, where he was a member of their honor guard and Trinity United Methodist Church, Milan. He was active with the Boy Scouts as a leader and served as a district advancement chair person, volunteered with Arrowhead Ranch Round Up and spring auction. Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law, Charles and Cathy Gibson, Aledo, Chris and Kim Gibson, Milan; grandchildren, Joshua and Sarah; adopted stepmother, Stella M. Gibson, England. He was preceded in death by his natural parents, a sibling, his adoptive parents and sister. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.wheelanpressly.com 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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