| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME writes are gone forever and live only in the memories of the oldtimers or in history Our own actions become history when passed to the next generation The end of those days came August 1932 and the fighting editor was laid to rest beneathsimple headstone bearing only his name no epitaph His sister Emogene Melville succeeded in having him posthumously reinstated by his Church What is historysummation of his life and times One popular view is that few have stayed so long by their convic tions and remained so fearlessly independent for the cause of justice and righteousness In time his adherents insist his journalistic accomplishments will not only be known but perhaps appreciated Recognition in the Hall of Fame is in some measure fulfillment of that prediction ABRAHAM GIBSON Pleasant Grove Review Born February 14 1894 Died February 1976 Installed in Hall of Fame at St George 1990 His newspaper career spanned an incredible 66 years all but four of them as publisher or co-publisher It began in 1901 when he became15-year old printerdevil and ended early in 1976 when his life was snuffed out in an automobile accident And even on that day though withinweek of age 82 he was still playingkey role in operations of the Pleasant Grove Review which hethen published for 34 years Before Pleasant Grove hebeen associated with two papers in Nephi -the Juab County Times and the Nephi Times-News He was Abraham Beitler Gibson but few knew him by more than the initials B or the abbreviated Abe which he deemed adequate for any purpose including by-lined stories and editorials It may have simply been circumstance that brought him tocareer in newspapering for the path that led to it was somewhat circuitous He was born on February 14 1894 to 523 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
