Obituary from Holman Funeral Home of Ozark – Ozark, Alabama
SMSgt Robert Ellsworth “Bob” Tibbetts, (United States Air Force, Retired) a resident of Ozark, died Thursday, September 17, 2026, at his home. He was 94 years old.
Funeral services for SMSgt Tibbetts will be 3:00 P. M. Sunday, September 27, 2026, in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home in Ozark with Reverend Tom Skeen officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Full Military Honors, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ozark Sunday from 2:00 P. M. until service time.
SMSgt Tibbetts was born April 18, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts to the late Samuel Harriman Tibbetts and Minnie Elenor Howard Tibbetts. He retired from the United States Air Force as a Senior Master Sergeant following twenty years of service. In 1970 they moved to Ozark where he attended the Alabama Aviation and Technical College receiving his Airframe and Powerplant License. He worked with the United States Department of Agriculture in the Soil Conservation Office for twenty years until his retirement. He was a passionate outdoorsman who enjoyed camping, boating, skiing and playing golf. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Beatrice Newsome Tibbetts; two sons, Robert Samuel Tibbetts and Gary Ray Tibbetts; and two step-daughters, Janice Smith and Linda Temple.
Survivors include his daughter, Debbie Riley (Mike) of Newville; eleven grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to Angie Ganey and Angie Adams for their care and compassion shown to Mr. Tibbetts.
Condolences may be expressed at www.HolmanFuneralHome.com
