Arnold A. Gibson, 93, of Henderson, Kentucky, passed away at 9:05 a.m. Thursday, September 28, 2017, at the Western Kentucky Veterans Center in Hanson, Kentucky.

He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran awarded two purple hearts and was a member of the American Legion Worsham Post No. 40 where he served on the Honor Guard.  He was a graduate of Murray State.  Arnold owned and operated Gibson Service Stations in Henderson for 28 years.  He was also a Kentucky Colonel.  He loved the Senior Olympics and won many medals.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine McClure Gibson; his parents, Earl and Virginia Gibson; one son-in-law, John Toth; two sisters, Virginia and Bonnie; and two brothers, William and Doug.

Survivors include two daughters, Karen Toth of Jacksonville, Florida, and Judy Ruark and her husband, Rick, of Henderson, Kentucky; five brothers, Harold, Calvin, Ernie, Frankie, and Larry Gibson; three granddaughters, Racheal Pruitt and her husband, Kevin, of Henderson, Kentucky, Ashley Bartley and her husband, Larry, of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Amy Smithhart and her husband, Tyler, of Henderson, Kentucky; five great-grandchildren, Mason and Katelyn Bartley, Brady Pruitt, and Hudson and Jack Henry Smithhart.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home.  The Reverend Tony Gish will officiate.  Burial will be in Fairmont Cemetery with full military rites performed by the American Legion Worsham Post No. 40 Honor Guard.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and until service time Saturday at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made to the Western Kentucky Veterans Center.

Pallbearers will be Larry Bartley, Mason Bartley, Chad Gibson, Larry Gibson, Kevin Pruitt and Tyler Smithhart.