Obituary for Dela Faye McClain

DELA FAYE (MASSENGALE) TIBBETS MCLAIN
1924 - 2011

Abilene Reporter-News

Rochester

Dela Faye (Massengale) Tibbets McLain

 


Funeral services for Dela Faye (Massengale) Tibbets McLain, 87, of Trinity, Texas will be held 10:00 a.m., Monday, December 5, 2011 at Church of Christ in Rule with John Greeson and Tommy Scarmardo officiating. Burial will be at the Rochester Cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes.    Mrs. McLain passed away Friday, December 2 in Houston.

Born September 2, 1924, in Flo, Texas, she was the daughter of Bill and Lois Massengale. She married Ozzie Jessie Tibbets in Benjamin, Texas April 28, 1942, and lived more than 40 years in Rochester. Ozzie passed away in June of 1983. They owned 200 acres in Haskell County which they farmed, raising cotton. Dela also worked as a manager and bookkeeper at The Ridge & Maridee Motel in Breckenridge. She was a member of the Church of Christ and spent many years as the Sunday School Teacher.

She was preceded in death by her husband Ozzie Tibbets and 2nd husband Bob McLain; her parents, Bill and Lois Massengale; her sister Nadine; 3 brothers, Merle, Alvin, and Lloyd Earl; and a step-son Bobby J. McLain.

Survivors include her daughter Darlene McKinley of Trinity, Texas, two sons, Buddy Tibbets of Haskell, Texas and Travis Tibbets of Pampa, Texas; step-son, Pat McLain of Irving, Texas; two sisters, Anita Giles and husband Gary of Arroya Grande, CA and Mary Brock and husband Harold of Bakersfield, CA; 10 grandchildren, Cami Scarmardo and husband Tommy of Cypress, Heath Tibbets and wife Shanna of Idalou, Karen Ivy and husband Johnny of Trinity, Sheila Been and husband Mike of Pampa, Angela Mitchell and husbandSteven of Baird, Jerred Tibbets and wife Tina of Pampa, Amy Easterling of Anson, Laura Macias and husband Nathan of Anson, Cody Tibbets of Haskell and Steven Tibbets and wife Katie of Amarillo; 25 great-grandchildren, Hillary, Haley Tre', Chelsea, Colton, Josh, Jeremy, Brian, Brittany, Skyler, Madison, Ty, Katelynn, Tate, Lauren, Sheldon, Taylor, Ashlynn, Courtney, Regan, Haley, Lauren, Ethan, Seth and Bryce and one great-great grandchild, Raylen.   Memorials can be made to Church of Christ in Rule.
 

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(Obituary submitted by Steve Munday)
 

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