obit for Ernest Edward Tibbs
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Ernest Edward Tibbs, 43, was the first Dallas County (MO)boy to give his life in World War II when he was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7.He had served in the U.S. Navy for 18 years and was chief machinist's mate.
He is the son of James R. Tibbs southeast of Buffalo, was born near Buffalo Jan. 26, 1898 and attended Southwest Teachers College at Springfield when he enlisted in the Army during World War I.He saw service overseas and had been a member of the American Legion from its organization.He is a gransdon of the late Judge Frank Bramwell who came from England; a nephew of Mrs. Art Bennett of Springfield; and a cousin of Mrs. Henry Strickland of Buffalo and Arlie N. Bramwell of Bennett Springs.
During a visit home last fall he married a Wichita, Kan., girl, Helen Kreischer, to who he had been engaged four years, and she survives and lives in California.Other survivors are five half-brothers and sisters, Claud Tibbs who is instructor in hydraulics with the Navy at San Diego, Calif.; Olin Tibbs, Modesto, Calif.; George Tibbs of the home near Buffalo; Mrs. Martha Farless of Lindsay, Calif.; and Mrs. Alice Pitts of Elkland.His mother died when he was seven and he lived for a year with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Art Bennett. Then when his father married again he divided his time between the two homes so that both families looked upon him as a son.
Returning from the first World War, he studied for a civil service examination in engineering and passed, and soon after was admitted to the Navy where he had tried for admittance before but was then too small.During his 18 years of Navy service he had been all over the world, and for several years he did recruiting duty in Kansas at Kansas City, Wichita, Dodge City and Garden City.During his service in Wichita he met his future wife who was employed in a radio station.
While on furlough last fall he had purchased a suburban tract north of Springfield on U.S. 65 next to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Art Bennett, and planned to build and live there upon his retirement two years later.
"Ernie" as his many friends knew him,was also a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and the Masonic Shrine.He was always popular because of his kindly, thoughtful ways.He was generous and considerate, fond of dogs and children, and with a good deal of sentiment in his make-up.