Sibyl Jacobs

Services for Sibyl Bertha Jacobs, 98, of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Rollow Chapel of the First United Methodist Church, Dr. Roberto Escamilla and Revs. David L. Daniel and Bob Langston will officiate. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Linden Cemetery in Linden, Texas. Mrs. Jacobs died Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at an Ada nursing home. She was born January 2, 1915 in Linden, Texas to Elmer F. and Bessie Tarver Almond. She graduated from high school and attended cosmetology school. She married Eugene Benson. She later married William Bill Jacobs. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Jacobs worked as a unit clerk at Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City until her retirement, and she was also a beautician and cosmetologist in Northeast Texas and Oklahoma City. She was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church and a member of the United Methodist Women and other related Bible Study Groups. She was a seamstress through the age of 95 and an avid gardener. Survivors include her children, Charlene Wilson Wade and her husband, Dr. Donald Wade of Charleston, SC, Barbara King of Ada, and Tania Benson of Topeka, KS; four grandchildren, Mike Wade, South Carolina, Mark Wade, Minnesota, Wynn Stinson and Mary Stinson, both of Oklahoma; seven great grandchildren, Sarah Wade Walter, Anthony Wade, Joseph Wade, Ben Wade, Ali Wade, Jake Stinson and Jessica Stinson; one sister, Mary Pickens, Dallas, TX; nieces, Cassie Points and Karis Pickens, both of Texas; nephew, Bill Almond, Texas; and many cousins, great nephews and great nieces and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bill Jacobs; a brother, Elmer Junior Almond; sisters, Lillian Kelley and Doris Jackson; a granddaughter, Susan Ann Wade; and nephews, Elmer (Boots) Almond, Ben Almond, and Walt Kelley. Bearers will be Billy Rice, John Anderson, Col. Ron Little (ret.), John Sparks, Terry Dobson and Steve Miller. Honorary bearers will be Jewel Carter, Leah Brothers, Beth Hill, Carolyn Sparks, Ruth Anderson and Helen Miller. The family says those who wish may make memorials to the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur, P. O. Box 657, Sulphur, OK 73086 or the First United Methodist Church in Ada, P. O. Box 566, Ada, OK 74821 for their card ministry. Graveside services for Sibyl Jacobs, of Ada, Ok., will be 1:00 p.m., Tuesday December 3, 2013,at the Linden Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Linden.