Extracted from The Richland Beacon-News (Rayville, LA)
Saturday, February 15, 1958

Mrs. Sibby Newman

Mrs. Sibby Newman, 70, of Rayville, Rt. 1, died Sunday night in a Rayville clinic after a long illness.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Welcome Home Baptist Church with interment following in the Hebert Cemetery under direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eliza Dupree, of Hebert, and Mrs. Opal [sic Ogal] Lee Hill, of Rayville; three brothers, Jim Weatherford, of Pineville, Ace Weatherford, of Grass Valley, Calif., and Houston Weatherford of Torance, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Mary Lee, of Hebert, and two granddaughters.