Background
Sibley, James Scarborough was born on February 20, 1930 in Sardis, Texas, United States. Son of Fred Scarborough Sibley and Gladys Nell Middleton.
Sibley, James Scarborough was born on February 20, 1930 in Sardis, Texas, United States. Son of Fred Scarborough Sibley and Gladys Nell Middleton.
AS, North Texas Agricultural College, 1948. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1953. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1957.
Commissioned 2nd lieutenant United States Army, advanced through grades to colonel. With United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1953-1979. Civil engineer Headquarters Pusan Military Post, Korea, 1954-1955.
Company Commander, aide de camp 6th Armored Division, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 1955-1956. Company Commander 91st Engineer Battalion Combat, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1957-1958. Civil engineer United States Army Engineer District Eastern Ocean Goose Bay Labrador, 1959-1961.
Mathematics instructor United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1961-1963, assistant professor, assistant to dean, 1963-1965. Senior advisor 20th Engineer Brigade ARVN, Pleiku, Vietnam, 1965-1966. Plans officer Headquarters United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, 1966-1968.
Commander 3rd Engineer Battalion Combat, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1968-1969. Chief engineering division, chief Consultant Division Headquarters United States Army, Long Binh, Vietnam, 1969-1970. Chief base development planning section J4 CINCPAC, Camp Smith, Hawaii, 1970-1973.
Deputy engineer United States Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia, 1973-1977. Director engineering and housing V Corps, Frankfurt, Germany, 1977—1979. Retired, since 1979.
Precinct chairman Republican Committee, Ellis County, Texas, 1980-1989. Director, secretary-treasurer Sardis Cemetery Association, Ellis County, Texas, since 1988, Sardis Lone Elm Water Supply Corporation, Ellis County, since 1982. Director, secretary Ellis County History Commission, 1984-2002.
Trustee Midlothian Indiana School District, Texas, 1997-2000. Sunday school teacher First United Methodist Church, Midlothian, since 1980. Host parent, area representative Foreign Exchange Student Program, Midlothian, since 1991.
Married Nancy Ann Deisher, May 26, 1956 (deceased July 1975). Children: Wayne Scarborough, Charles Patrick, Steven Emerson, James Francis, Kenneth Richards.