| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME tion for his chosen profession this ispublisher who richly deserves his place among Utahjournalistic notables ROY ELMO GIBSON Nephi Times-News Born December 28 1911 Died June 17 1978 Installed in Hall of Fame at Salt Lake City 1993 His life asnewspaper editor and publisher was spent entirely in the central Utah town where he was born There he earned the praise and respect of his readers and the high regard of his journalistic contemporaries Roy Elmo Gibson was associate editor of the Nephi Times News before he was 21 years of age and when he relinquished the helm in 1976 hedevoted more than 45 years to informing advising and editorially leading Juab County Since Vol No the newspaper he served with enthu siasm and devotion has hadGibson name on the masthead Hence on the day this honor is paid to his memory Gibson has been linked with news-gathering in Nephi for more than eight decades The Times-News resulted from the April 1917 merger of the Juab County Times founded in 1909 and the Nephi City News launched in 1916 Seven predecessors the first begun in 1887 had failed Co-publisher of the Times and of the merged publication was Abraham Gibson oldest son infamily of eight His youngest brother Roy grew up in Nephi attending its schools until hecompleted eighth grade In 1926 he moved with part of his family to Logan where he finished high school The change of residence took place so that some of the Gibson children could enroll at what was then Utah State Agricultur al College Their mother provided an off-campus home for them and in addition offered lodging and meals for other 531 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
