Nannette Louise (Binford) Gibson, born 10 November, 1930, of Princeton, New Jersey, passed away peacefully in her sleep on 11 March, 2025.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, lived in Petersburg, VA, as a young girl, and later moved to Berea, Ohio, with her parents and brother, Henry. She graduated from Fisk University with a B.A. in English; trained at The Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Detroit, Michigan; earned a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Michigan; and earned a Master’s degree in Child Psychology from Rutgers University. She chaired The Princeton Committee of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, NY, NY; and served as a Board Member of Crossroads Nursery School in Princeton. She worked for the State of New Jersey as a consultant in early childhood development, the Project Child program, and in the East Windsor school system as a learning consultant for students with special needs. She also served on the board of the Senior Resource Center in Princeton.
While at Fiske she was a member of The Jubilee Singers; she played classical piano, and especially enjoyed playing Chopin; she always made sure to bake the birthday cake of your choice on your birthday, her specialty being vanilla cake with chocolate fudge frosting. She had a fondness for letter writing, and delighted in sharing a joke. She had a lifelong love of music and other performing arts, and for many years she and her husband held season tickets to The Metropolitan Opera and Symphony at Lincoln Center. She enjoyed Broadway shows, as well as performances at McCarter Theatre.
Her husband of 59 years, Edward L. Gibson, Sr., predeceased her on 6 January, 2015. She is survived by her three children: J. Kathleen Gibson, Edward L. Gibson, Jr., Paula N. Lutz (Gibson); her brother, Henry C. Binford; three grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
A funeral is planned for 22 March, 2025 at 2 p.m. at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540. (609) 924.2277.
Burial will take place at Princeton Cemetery following the funeral.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., 40 Rector Street, 5th floor, New York, New York 10066, (212) 965.2200 or online at naacpldf.org/contact-us; as well as Crossroads Nursery and Infant Center, ECP building, 225 Olden Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540.
