Steven Alexander Gipson

November 14, 1988 - March 19, 2015

Funeral service for Mr. Steven Alexander Gipson, 26, of Atlanta, Georgia will be held at 11:00 am Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Peterson and Williams Chapel in Opelika, AL with interment in Auburn Memorial Park Cemetery. Pastor Jamaal Oliver will officiate. Public viewing for Mr. Gipson will be held Wednesday at 5:00 pm at the funeral home. Mr. Gipson passed this life on March 19, 2015. He was born November 14, 1988 in Auburn, Alabama. He was the son of John Mark Gipson and the only child of Bridget Reese Gipson. Excelling in academics his entire life, he was an honors graduate of Shiloh High School in Snellville, GA (2007) and received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania (2011). He was a proud member of Lambda Chi Fraternity. Steven is survived by: his parents, John Mark Gipson of Tuscaloosa, AL and Bridget Reese Gipson of Atlanta, GA; five siblings, Ashley, Kendra, Ellen, Zakariya and Seth all of Tuscaloosa, AL; his maternal grandmother, Ella Reese of Auburn, AL; his paternal grandparents, LeAnna Gipson of Washington, D.C. and Joe Gipson of Sacramento, CA; a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Eddie “Neckbone” Reese. In lieu of flowers and green plants, the family respectfully request donations be made to the Steven Alexander Gipson Memorial Fund at any Wells Fargo Bank. All proceeds will go to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).