Obituaries:  V. P. (Pierce) Sibley, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       S-140
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 23, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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V. P. (Pierce) Sibley

  Services for V. P. (Pierce) Sibley of Mansfield, were held at 3
p.m., Monday, August 7, at Rose-Neath Funeral Chapel in
Mansfield, with the Rev. George Bannister, and the Rev. Steve
Sallis officiating. Burial followed in the Highland Cemetery.

  Mr. Sibley, a native of Sabine Parish, Many, was born September
7, 1906, and was a resident of Mansfield for the past 48 years.

  Mr. Sibley died Saturday, August 5, at the age of 82 years, 11
months, at the DeSoto General Hospital in Mansfield, following a
brief illness. He was a retired machinist with Nabors Trailers.
Mr. Sibley was a charter member of Emanuel Baptist Church, where
he taught the Adult Men's Sunday School class for 42 years. Mr.
Sibley also served as church treasurer for 44 years, and was a
deacon for 46 years.

  He was preceded in death by his infant son, Carl Douglas Sibley;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. (Tuck) Sibley; five sisters,
Bertha Duggan, Iva Felts, Elva Kelly, Claudia Merritt, and Anna
Davenport; four brothers, Thomas Roy, Laurence, and Cecil Sibley.

  Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Syble (Sowell) Sibley of
Mansfield; one son and daughter-in-law, James and Cathy Sibley of
Greenville, South Carolina; three grandchildren, Carl of Houston,
Texas, James Jr. of Greer, South Carolina, and Chauntey; five
great grandchildren; two sisters, Lillian Sibley, and Mrs. Verda
Jones; and one brother-in-law, Rev. Dan Jones, all of Many; one
brother and sister-in-law, Harold and Ruth Sibley of Newport
News, Virginia; and many nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers included Floyd Hayes, Joe Sloan, Billy Adams, Henry
Sallis, Marvin Melton, Richard Salter, Randy Sallis, and Lawrence
Wilson.

  The Rev. Ernest Lilley of Natchitoches, (founder of Emmanuel
Baptist Church, and Mr. Sibley's pastor and close friend for many
years), Talley Brown, and Defee (Pete) Nash, acted as honorary
pallbearers.

  The family request that memorials be made to Emmanuel Baptist
Church, or to a charity of the donors choice.

  Much could be said about Mr. Sibley, but these few words say a
lot. He was a devoted Christian husband and father, a highly
respected citizen, and numbered his friends by his acquaintances.
To know him was to love him.