Born: 16 December, 1869, Coryell City, Coryell County, TX,

Died: 28 November, 1931, Carlton, Hamilton County, TX,

Buried: Carlton Cemetery, Carlton, Hamilton County, TX.

Ira was a son of Ephraim Parmley GIBSON and Rebecca Jane McILHANEY.

Ira, a Baptist and a farmer, married Jeanetta Elzora "Nettie" GRAVES on 8 November, 1890, in Coryell County, TX

Ira and Nettie?s children were: Audie Lee, Claude, Lewis Parmley, Clarence Houston, Willie Beatrice GIBSON SOWELL, Paul Franklin, Minnie Mabel GIBSON MURRAY, Wilma Elizabeth GIBSON (GILBREATH) WOODS, and Mary Rebecca GIBSON SANDERFER.

Compiled by Elreeta Crain Weathers

