Reika Gay  Gibson

Graveside services will be at 2:00 pm Thursday, January 27 at Gruver Cemetery.  Reception will follow the graveside services at First Baptist Church in Gruver at 3:00 pm.  Visitation will be at Boxwell Brothers funeral home at 519 S Evans Street in Spearman, Texas from 6:00 to 7:00 pm on January 26.  Please note that several family members have Covid, so the family wishes that vulnerable people consider honoring Reika by prayers and good wishes instead of attending the services.  In lieu of flowers, memorials should be given to Hansford County Hospice, P.O. Box 720, South Roland Street, Spearman, Texas. 79081.

Reika Gay (Robinson) Gibson of Gruver, Texas was born September 19, 1933 in Lubbock, Texas and passed January 23, in Spearman, Texas.  She was raised in Plainview, Texas where she graduated from High School in 1952. Her parents were Lon and Nadene Robinson of Plainview, Texas (both deceased).  Her sisters were Betty Robinson Curry (deceased) of Plainview, Texas and Cherylon Robinson of San Antonio, Texas.  She studied education at West Texas State and Texas Tech for three years before withdrawing to start a family.  She met her husband, John F. Gibson (deceased), in Plainview, Texas where she was married June 1, 1953.  She lived in Plainview Texas, then Brownfield, Texas and later moved to Gruver, Texas in 1962.  John and Reika had three sons, nine grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.  Reika attended the United Methodist Church in Plainview and later in Gruver.  She was a substitute teacher and homemaker at Gruver for many years.  She later moved to Amarillo and earned a degree from TSTI in Interior Decoration, which was one of her passions.  She worked as an interior decorator and saleswoman for many years in Amarillo.

She was a devoted mother and always took care of family.  She was always cheerful and brightened everybody around her with her smile and grace.  Despite her sickness and ailments in the last few years of her life, she remained cheerful and had a positive attitude.  She loved the Lord and showed it in the way she lived her life.  Her hobbies included interior decorating, country western dancing, music, travel, dominoes and card games, gardening, golf, football, family, and friends.

Reika is survived by her sister Cherylon Robinson, sons John Gibson (Melanie) of Florissant, Colorado, Keith Gibson (Darlene), of Gruver, Texas, Russell Gibson (Terri) of Weatherford, Texas, and grandchildren Hunter Gibson (Reagan), Katie Gibson Bloodworth (Dalton), Shelley Gibson, Kyle Jackson, Kory Jackson, Amy Gibson, Emily Gibson Prunty (Alonzo), Lacy (Ace) Gibson, John Michael Gibson, and great grandchildren Ally Prunty and Briggs Prunty.