Alva Rosette (Redman) Gibson was born on the family farm near Rowena, Texas, on August 2nd, 1936. She passed peacefully in the early morning hours of February 5th, 2022. Alva was the middle daughter of Alvin Karl Redman and Elsie Hanz Redman; and she grew up in a rural setting where families worked in the fields, picked cotton, and scraped to get by.