DURHAM, NC CHERYL SMITH GIBSON, 62, OF 4302 EMERALD FOREST DR APT E, TRANSITION TO BE WITH THE LORD ON DECEMBER 3 AT THE HOCK FAMILY PAVILION IN DURHAM, NC. SHE WAS BORN ON JULY 31, 1958 IN DURHAM COUNTY, NC TO THE LATE ALSEE AND ALLENE SMITH. SHE WAS EDUCATED AT W.E.B DUBOIS HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM WAKE FOREST-ROLESVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1976. SHE CONTINUED HER EDUCATION AT NC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION. SHE WAS EMPLOYED WITH BURROUGHS-WELLCOME IN DURHAM, NC FROM 1980-1994. IN 1994, SHE JOINED THE STAFF OF JAMES E. SHEPARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT NC CENTRAL UNIVERSIITY IN DURHAM, NC, WHERE SHE SERVED FAITHFULLY FOR 25 YEARS AT HER ALMA MATER. SHE WAS ALSO A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF EVANS GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE SERVED AS THE CHURCH SECRETARY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE PROFESSIONALLY DIRECTED ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, AT EVANS GROVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN WAKE FOREST, NC. FACIAL COVERING WILL BE REQUIRED. THE BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY. TO REJOICE IN CHERYL'S MEMORY AND SORROW IN HER PASSING SHE LEAVES, DEVOTED HUSBAND, CLIFFORD; TWO BROTHERS, AL CEDRIC SMITH (JOYCE) AND KENNETH L. SMITH (KIMBERLY). TWO NEPHEWS,, MARCUS K. SMITH AND AL CEDRIC SMITH, JR.; TWO STEP CHILDREN, ALMA 'KESIA' HUTTON (LORENZO) AND REGIS T. GIBSON; FOUR STEP-GRANDCHILDREN, MOTHER-IN-LAW, MERIAN GIBSON; TWO BROTHERS-IN-LAW, ONE SISTER-IN-LAW AND A HOST OF UNCLES, AUNTS, COUSINS AND OTHER LOVING RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.