St Petersburg, Florida
Tyrus Sibley
1930 — 2023
December 14, 1930----March 18, 2023 Ty was born in Port Arthur, Texas and was one of seven children born to William and Mamie Sibley. His brothers were Don, Charles, Joe, Glen and Richard and he had a sister, Dorothy. He spent his early years in Nederland, Texas where he went to grade school and high school. His passion was playing football. He received a full football scholarship to Northwestern State College in Louisiana where he met the love of his life, Billie Sue Gilmore from Homer, Louisiana.The Korean War interrupted their education and they started their sixty-eight years of marriage on January 8, 1951, as Ty left to join the Navy. Their son David was born 10 months later. He was...