Obituaries:  Rev. Preston Percy Tibbett, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       T-130
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 30, 1988
Submitted by: Ruth Estess
              restess42@cs.com




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The Sabine Index

  Rev. Preston Percy Tibbett - June 30, 1988

  Funeral services for the Rev. Preston Percy Tibbett, 67, of
Natchitoches were held Sunday, June 26, at 4 p.m. in the Cedar
Grove Baptist Church near Robeline. Dr. Arnold Nelson, the Rev.
Ray Penfield, and Eugene Williams officiated.

  Full military graveside rites were conducted in the church
cemetery. Services were under the direction of Blanchard St.
Denis Funeral Home.

  Rev. Tibbett died at 6:28 p.m. Friday, June 24, 1988, in
Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport. He was a retired
Baptist minister, having pastored a host of area Baptist
churches. He was also a retired U. S. Air Force Chief Warrant
Officer, a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Masonic
Lodge.

  Survivors include his wife Lucille V. Tibbett of Natchitoches;
two sons, Kenny Tibbett and his wife Ann of Many; Mike Tibbett of
Tioga; one daughter, Barbara Mahfouz of Natchitoches; one sister,
Velda Forshee of Winnsboro, Texas; two brothers, Kenneth Tibbett
of Abilene, Texas, T. B. Tibbett of Shreveport; and four
grandchildren, Ken Tibbett, Justin Tibbett, Jason Tibbett, and
Ashley Tibbett.

  Pallbearers were Ray Lovelady, James Hendrickson, Sonny Farrar,
Jim Penfield, Jerry Penfield, Jack Womack, Buddy Slater and Larry
Wade.