Eugene Gibson, 73, Cottonwood, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at Hot Springs Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

He served in the U.S. Navy from December 1950 to December 1959.

Survivors include three sisters, JoAnn Stark, Cottonwood; Laura Trouter, Escondido, Calif.; and Sandra Neumann, Round Rock, Texas.

Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, with military honors by Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard. Family and friends may gather at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis before leaving for the cemetery.