HUNDREDS ATTEND MEMORIAL FOR BELOVED MUSIC DIRECTOR MARTY GIBSON

Hundreds of friends, family and fellow parishioners attended the memorial service for beloved music director Marty Gibson today.  Marty died last week when his car veered of 127 south between Dunlap and Pikeville and struck a tree as he was driving home to Crossville from a vacation in Florida.  It is believed Marty may have had a sudden medical trauma that caused him to lose control.  The memorial was held at the outdoor pavilion of the United Methodist Church in Fairfield Glade where Marty served as Music Director for the past several years.  Marty was also the director of the Cumberland County Community Chorus.  For the past several years Marty performed with his lifelong fellow musician Terry Ashburn as a duo known as the Relics. He performed with a four-piece dance band, City Lites and a barbershop quartet called Three Good Looking Guys that perform regularly in the Upper Cumberland and East/Middle Tennessee areas.  Marty was the choral director at Cumberland County High School from 1982- 2001