Effie Lavina Moats Tibbs

1891 - 1986  (95 years)

• Name	Effie Lavina Moats Tibbs
  Born	7 Aug 1891	Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Oct 1986	Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	24 Oct 1986	Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I434	Rossville
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	James Wesley Moats
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Pressgrove Moats
  Family ID	F131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Earl Johnson Tibbs,   d. 8 Jun 1961
  Married	26 Jan 1927
  Children	1. Sarah Earline Tibbs Pugh   2. Edgar Wesley Tibbs
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2018 08:17:37
  Family ID	F7951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Aug 1891 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Died - 18 Oct 1986 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Buried - 24 Oct 1986 - Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Tibbs, Effie Deaths and funerals Mrs. Effie L. Tibbs SILVER LAKE - Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church here for Mrs. Effie Lavina Tibbs, 95, rural Silver Lake. She died Saturday, Oct. 18, at her home. Robert D. Jensen, Shawnee County deputy district coroner, said Mrs. Tibbs died of asphyxia caused by the weight of a riding lawn mower that came to rest on her after a mowing accident. Mrs. Tibbs had worked at the Topeka Supply Depot during the 1940s. She was born Aug. 7, 1891, at Silver Lake, the daughter of James Wesley and Sarah Elizabeth Pressgrove Moats. She spent her life in the Silver Lake area. Mrs. Tibbs was a member of the Silver Lake United Methodist Church and Grove Extension Homemakers Unit more than 50 years. She completed the Mrs. Flo V. Menninger Bible Course in the 1950s. She was married to Earl Johnson Tibbs Jan. 26, 1927. He died June 8, 1961. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Earline Pugh, Route 2, Mayetta; a son, Edgar Wesley Tibbs, 831 N.W. Dorn Lane, Topeka; a sister, Mrs. Ruth E. Burkepile, Hoxie; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery at Grove. Mrs. Tibbs will lie in state after 10 a.m. Thursday at Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka. Memorial contributions may be made to the Silver Lake United Methodist Church, P.O. Box No. 188, Silver Lake, 66539, or Pottawatomie Methodist Church, Mayetta, 66509. A related story appears on page 2.