Edna Sibley Covington, a native of Walker, passed away Friday, April 11, 2025, at her home in Walker at the age of 101.
Visitation will be at Judson Baptist Church, Walker, on Thursday, April 17, from 9:00 a.m. until services at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow in Judson Baptist Church Cemetery.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and John Bush, Kathleen Covington, Joan and Elton Marsh, and Patti and Tom Higginbotham; her seven grandchildren and their spouses, Jennifer and Douglas Dorhauer, Johnathan and Liza Bush, Jarrod Marsh, Kimberly and Yul Lorio, Brendan and Heather Marsh, Allison and Matt Rowland, and Erin Marsh; and eight great-grandchildren, Wyatt Dorhauer, Amelia Dorhauer, Emerson Dorhauer, Jack Bush, Jude Rowland, Teddy Bush, Julienne Lorio, and Claire Rowland.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Roy Pascal Covington; her parents, Calvin and Maggie Courtney Sibley; two sisters, Estelle Covington and Delores Doty; and one brother, W. H. Sibley.
She was a member of Judson Baptist Church for 90 years where she helped to found the church’s first Cradle Roll, led in women’s and girls’ missions organizations, and taught Sunday School. A graduate of Walker High School, she worked as a telephone operator until her marriage, after which she became a fulltime homemaker.
2 comments
Faye Sibley Palmer
April 29, 2025 at 4:56 am
So sorry to see online Edna has passed. We were first cousins. My daddy, Berlin Sibley, & her father were brothers. I always loved going to Aunt Maggie & Uncle Calvin’s. Lots of times we would see Roy & Edna at their house. Aunt Maggie always grew the most beautiful camellias & usually had tea cakes in the middle of the dining table. There was 8 of us & now just me & my oldest sister, Dorothy Lou, who will be 99 this July. She is in Arkansas in a nursing home. She & Edna shared a lot of good times together. You all were so blessed to have had your mother for so long. God bless each one of you. You are in my prayers.
Bret Higginbotham
April 16, 2025 at 8:36 pm
Sorry to hear about your mother passing. She was a sweet lady everytime I met her.