“I’m deeply honored and grateful for this award,” said recipient J. J. Gibson. “Although I didn’t know Foy Proctor personally, I knew him by reputation and he was truly a legend within our time.”
Gibson, born in 1921, had a lifelong ambition to be a cowboy on the Four Sixes, where his father began working in 1900. After distinguished military service in World War II, the younger Gibson signed on with the Four Sixes. He later served with the Marines during the Korean War.
Gibson worked two years on the Muleshoe Ranch in Borden County and later leased the old Ross Ranch in King County. In 1969, he hired back on with the Four Sixes. In the early 1970’s, Gibson and his wife Naida purchased a ranch adjoining the Four Sixes on the King-Cottle County Line.
