Background
Sibley, John Adams was born on January 4, 1888 in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States. Son of James Longstreet and Mattie (Erwin) Sibley.
Sibley, John Adams was born on January 4, 1888 in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States. Son of James Longstreet and Mattie (Erwin) Sibley.
Preparatory course, Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, Georgia. Bachelor of Laws, University Georgia, 1911. Doctor of Laws, Oglethorpe University, 1950.
Doctor of Laws, Mercer University, 1952. Doctor of Laws, Emory University, 1962. Doctor of Laws, Berry College, 1981.
D.Nu.L., Morris Brown College, 1980.
Began practice under title of, Sibley & Sibley, Milledgeville member firm, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Spalding, Sibley & Troutman, 1918-1946; judge, County Court, Baldwin County, Georgia, 1914-1918; Chairman of the Board, Trust Company Georgia, 1946-1963; advisory director, chairman advisory council, director, Trust Company Georgia. Director Trust Company of Georgia Associations, Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Export Corporation.
Honorary chairman board trustees Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children. Chairman General Assembly Committee on Schools (Sibley Commission), 1960-1961, Higher Educational Facilities Commission for Georgia, 1963-1966. Past chairman board trustees Berry Schools, Mount Berry, Georgia.
Past trustee Agnes Scott College, Atlanta. Member American (vice president 1922), Georgia, Atlanta bar associations Clubs: Rotarian. (Atlanta), Capital City (Atlanta), Piedmont Driving (Atlanta), The Ten (Atlanta).
Married Nettie Whitaker Cone, November 25, 1914 (deceased March 1934). Children: John A. (deceased), James Malcolm, Jeannette Sibley Yow (deceased), Martha Sibley George. Married Barbara Sanford Thayer, March 29, 1937.
Children: Barbara Thayer, Horace Holden, John Adams, III, Stephen Thayer.