Curtis Allen "Hoot" Gibson died on October 22, 1996. Curtis was born on February 28, 1962, in Wichita Falls. He was a member of the Burkburnett Church of Christ and a 1980 graduate of Burkburnett High School. He was a mechanic.

Survivors include his parents, W. Lee "Dub" and Janice Gibson of Burkburnett; a sister, Debbie Isaacs of Electra, Texas; and his grandmother, Gerry Burk, of Burkburnett.

Services were held at Burkburnett Church of Christ with Stephen Wiggins, minister, officiating. Burial was in the Burkburnett Cemetery under the direction of Owens and Brumley Funeral Home of Burkburnett. On his tombstone it says "Our only son".