Dorsey “Tuffy” Warner Gibson, Sr., was born February 15, 1952 in Washington, D.C. and passed June 29, 2022 in Columbia, South Carolina. He was the son of the late Margaret Evelyn and Earnest William Gibson, Sr.
He attended Fairfax County Public Schools. After leaving school, he held various jobs such as automotive mechanic, maintenance engineer, and he ran a home remodeling company.
In 1992 while living in Maryland Dorsey was baptized at Fort Foote Baptist Church and he always kept his belief in God and believed in prayer.
In June 1994 Dorsey married Betty Cooper from Fort Washington, Maryland. They continued to live in Maryland until Betty retired from the Federal Government and they relocated to Betty’s home state of South Carolina.
Dorsey enjoyed watching sporting events on television and cooking for family events. He LOVED spending time on his boat in Solomons Island, MD where he took family and friends on many boating excursions.
He is preceded in death by his parents, and sister, Elizabeth Spinner and her husband Percell, brothers-in-law, Julius and William Gibbs, John Neal, and James Colbert.
He is survived by his wife Betty Cooper Gibson, of Columbia, SC; his son Dorsey Warner Gibson, Jr. (Ikea) of Virginia Beach; brothers, Earnest (Glenda) Gibson, Sterling, VA; Courtney (Darlene) Gibson, Inwood, WV; Steve Gibson, Herndon, VA; sisters, Dorothy (Lawrence) Griffith, Woodbridge, VA; Sue Gibson Colbert, Herndon, VA; Ingrid (Timothy) Taylor, Bowie, MD; Marlene Ellis, Fort Washington, MD; Vaneta Chatmon, Bowie, MD; adopted sister, Carolyn Babcock, Suitland, MD; sister-in-law, Sandra Vincent, Columbia, SC; grandchildren, Ikia, Imani, Iyanna, and Irie Gibson; many other nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
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