Businessman and state politician Mac Gipson, who oversaw Alabama’s state liquor agency for nearly ten years under two governors, has away.
Curtis Stewart, the administrator of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board who succeeded Mr. Gipson, said in a statement that Gipson was a devoted public servant whose influence on this organization and the State of Alabama would last for years to come.
He managed 168 stores and more than 800 staff during his 12 years as the ABC Board’s administrator. He also held a number of positions within the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA).
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In 2011, Gipson was named administrator of the ABC Board by Governor Robert Bentley. When Gipson took over as governor in 2017, Governor Kay Ivey retained her position.
At the age of 87, Gipson retired from his position in December 2022. Gipson, who began working at his father’s Standard Oil station in downtown Prattville when he was 13 years old, claimed that he would have kept going if he hadn’t had health issues.
“I’ve tried golf along the way,” Gipson remarked. tried going hunting. Simply put, I had no hobbies. I had fun at work.
Gipson was an Army soldier who was born in Camden in 1935.
In 1981, he founded Gipson Tire Pros, a tire company in Prattville, which he eventually sold to his sons.
In 1994, Gipson was chosen to serve four terms in the Alabama House of Representatives.
“His family, friends, and everyone who had the pleasure of getting to know him have our sincerest condolences,” Stewart added.
