Obituaries:  James Lawrence Sibley, Sabine Parish       S-140
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 10, 1983
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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James Lawrence Sibley

  Funeral services were held on Saturday morning, November 5, at
10 a.m., for James Lawrence Sibley, at Heritage Baptist Church in
Church View, Virginia, with Rev. Tom Miller, pastor of the
church, officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

  Mr. Sibley was 67. He died after a few weeks illness, at Walter
Reed Hospital in Gloucester, Virginia.

  He was a native of Rt. 1, Many, Louisiana, but had made his home
in Virginia for the past 28 years.

  He will be remembered by a host of relatives and friends here
and other places, for his devotion and love for his church,
family, and fellow man. He was ordained a deacon as a young man,
in the Glendale Baptist church in Houston, Tex., and served as an
active deacon in his church in Virginia until shortly before his
death, when his health failed.

  He served in the U. S. Navy, and was medically discharged after
three years.

  Mr. Sibley is survived by his wife, Emma Hall Sibley of Church
View, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Norma Cery of Cleveland, Ohio, and
Mrs. Sara Herron of Fredricksburg, Va.; two granddaughters,
Sherrie and Pam Cery of Cleveland; two sisters, Lillian Sibley,
and Verda Sibley Jones of Many; two brothers, Pierce Sibley of
Mansfield, and Harold Sibley of Newport News, Va.; many nieces
and nephews also survive, which include a niece, Mrs. Geraldine
Merritt Spiers of Newport News, Va., and Oswald Merritt of Many,
who were raised in the family home, after the death of their
mother.

  He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
(Tuck) Sibley of Many; three brothers, Roby Sibley of Zwolle,
Thomas Sibley of Port Arthur, Texas, and Cecil Sibley of Galatin,
Tenn.; five sisters, Anna Davenport of El Paso, Tex., Claudia
Merritt, and Iva Felts, both of Many, Elva Kelly of Pisgah, and
Bertha Duggan of Brazoria, Tex.

  Although his illness during the past few weeks kept him from
doing for his friends and neighbors, he enjoyed visiting with
those who came to visit with him and witness for Christ everyday.
He never lost his sense of humor, and fought a valiant battle
until the end, leaving a Christian example to those who knew and
loved him. To know him was to love him.