Marilyn McAdams Sibley
| Marilyn Alice McAdams Sibley
(Historian, author, and professor | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 30, 1921 Walker County, Texas |
| Died | January 19, 2006 (aged 84) Resting place: |
| Spouse | J. Dale Sibley (married 1944-2006, her death) Children : |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Marilyn Alice McAdams Sibley (September 30, 1921 –January 19, 2006)[1] was an historian and author who was the president of the Texas State Historical Association from 1981 to 1982.[2]
Life and career
Sibley was born in Walker County in east Texas to Horace McAdams and his wife, Nevada McAdams (1894–1969). On June 24, 1944, she married J. Dale Sibley (1923-2006) at the First Baptist Church of Huntsville, the seat of government of Walker County. Dale died six months after the passing of Marilyn.[3] In her later years, Marilyn was again a member of the same congregation.[4]
She received her bachelor's degree from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, her master's degree from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D. from Rice University in Houston. She served as professor and chairman of the history department at Houston Baptist University and was briefly a visiting professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.[4]
She also penned several articles in The Journal of Southern History and The Southwestern Historical Quarterly.[4] In 1974, she was named a fellow of the TSHA.[2] In 1976, Sibley received the Minnie Piper Stevens Award for excellence in teaching. In 1967, she received the Summerfield G. Roberts Award from the Sons of the Republic of Texas for the best book about Texas published that year. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Republic of Texas,[4] and the East Texas Historical Association.[5]
J. Dale and Marilyn Sibley had three sons, all dentists. Older son David McAdams Sibley, however, left the dental profession and became an attorney-lobbyist. He is a Republican former state senator, with service from 1991 to 2002. He also served a year as the mayor of Waco. Dentists Stuart Dale Sibley and Mark McAdams Sibley reside, respectively, in Dallas and Richardson, Texas. She had two sisters, Dorothy McAdams Sparks, who predeceased her, and Ruth McAdams Ralston of Longview in Gregg County, Texas, the widow of Robert H. Ralston (1922–1991). She had eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services were held at the McAdams Chapel in Huntsville. Interment followed in McAdams Cemetery there.[4]
Author of eight books
- Travelers in Texas, 1761-1860 (1967
- The Port of Houston: A History (1968)
- Samuel H. Walker's Account of the Mier Expeditions (1978)
- The Methodist Hospital in Houston: Serving the World (1990)
- Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War (2000).[6]
References
- ↑ Marilyn Sibley (McAdams). Mylife.com. Retrieved on June 4, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas State Historical Association. The Handbook of Texas On-Line. Retrieved on June 2, 2020.
- ↑ J. Dale Sibley. Findagrave.com. Retrieved on June 3, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Marilyn McAdams Sibley. The Huntsville Item on-line (January 19, 2006). Retrieved on June 2, 2020.
- ↑ A Resolution Honoring the Life of Marilyn McAdams Sibley, September 23, 2006. easttexashistorical.org. Retrieved on September 24, 2010; material no longer on-line.
- ↑ Books by Marilyn McAdams Sibley. amazon.com. Retrieved on June 2, 2020.
