Obituaries:  Grover "Red" Sibley, Sabine Parish       S-140
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 17, 1983
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Grover "Red" Sibley

  Mr. Grover "Red" Sibley, 74, passed away, March 15, 1983, at
3:14 a.m., in the P and S Hospital, following a short illness.
Mr. Sibley, a native of Many, had resided in Shreveport since
1959. He was a member of Oak Hill Baptist Church in Many.

  Mr. Sibley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Omega Sibley of
Shreveport; three sons, Ken Sibley of Abbeville, Guy Burl Sibley
of Houston, Texas, and D. Avard Sibley of Shreveport; four
daughters, Geneva Roper of Tioga, and Loretta Timpa, Cynthia
Taylor, and Kathy Litton, all of Shreveport; four sisters, Leona
Shepard of Mansfield, Viola Cox of Overton, Texas, Effie Jordan
of Overton, Texas, and Evelyn Erwin of Point Comfort, Texas; two
brothers, Bill Sibley of Mansfield, and Coleman Sibley of Many;
fifteen grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers include Nick Timpa, M. F. Roper, Vic Mims, Mike Cox,
Sonny Mickham, and Glascow Hawkins.

  Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 16, at 1 p.m., at
Rose-Neath Southside Chapel. The Rev. Albert Huckaby, pastor of
Temple Baptist Church, officiated. Burial followed in Forest Park
West Cemetery.