Obituaries:  Robert M. Sibley, Sabine Parish       S-140
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 28, 1996
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Robert M. Sibley

  Funeral service for Mr. Robert M. Sibley, 72, of Many, were held
at 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, 1996, at Bayou Scie United
Methodist Church. The Revs. Hulen Warren, and George McVay
officiated. Burial followed in Bethsadia Cemetery, under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mr. Sibley died Monday, Feb. 19, at Willis Knighton Medical
Center in Shreveport. He was born in Many on March 6, 1923, to
Ellis Kirkland Sibley, and Bessie Wilson. He was a retired
supervisor with Texaco Petroleum, a former member of the Gonzales
Lions Club, and a very active member of the Bayou Scie Methodist
Church in Many.

  Survivors include his wife, Inez C. Sibley of Many; three
children, Linda Ward (husband Bob) of London, England, Vivian
Forsyth (husband Mark) of Gonzales, and Mary Sheets (husband
Keith) of Gonzales.

  He is also survived by nine grandchildren; five sisters, Helen
Lehr of Zwolle, Clara Anders of Robeline, Frankie Piscatelli of
Buquerque, N. M., Elsie Carter of Many, and Kitty Genuardi of
Nederland, Texas; one brother, Ellis Ray Sibley of Lufkin, Texas;
and numerous nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were his grandsons.