Oct. 30, 1940 – Aug. 31, 2024
Adair County to Fay and Clara Tibbits. She died on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 in Hutchinson Kan.
She was a graduate of Cedarville High School and received degrees from West Ark Community College and the University of Arkansas. She taught 30 years at Roland High School and was an active member of the Church of Christ in Roland.
Survivors are a daughter and son-in-law, Glenda K. and Brian Holzman; three grandchildren; and one sister, Zita Worth.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and siblings, Ray Tibbits, Donald Tibbits, Glenda Tibbits and Lula Grace Barnes.
Pallbearers were Rylen Holzman, Matthew Moses, Terry Jones, Tom Jones, Jacob Workman and Josh Workman.
Funeral services for Mary Anita Tibbits, 83, of Roland, were held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, at Ocker Memorial Chapel in Van Buren, Ark.
Burial followed at Hall Cemetery in Natural Dam, Ark., under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home in Van Buren.
Mrs. Tibbits was born on Oct. 30, 1940, in