Cymbeline Helen (Smith) Tibbetts

Tibbetts Cymbeline Helen, 86, went home to be with the Lord on November 9, 2021, in Petersburg, VA. Cym was born in New Hampton, NH, to Albert and Helen (Huckins) Smith on May 22, 1935. She and her siblings grew up on Dana Hill Rd. She married Norman Tibbetts on April 22, 1960, at the Dana Meeting House in New Hampton. They added two children to the five Norman already had, and the family moved to Melbourne, FL, in 1968. Cym graduated from Brevard Community College in the early 1980s and served as a nurse until her retirement in the 1990s. She was a member of Grace Bible Sanctuary, in Palm Bay, Florida, and cared deeply about the people in her life.  Cym is preceded in death by her husband Norman Tibbetts, brother Daniel Smith, sister Elaine Smith Seaver, sister Josephine Smith Moulton, sister Caroline Smith Sawyer, brother Nance Smith, and stepdaughter Katherine Brown (John). Cym is survived by her brother, Albert Smith;  stepchildren Lance Tibbetts (Linda), Nicholas Tibbetts, Marc Tibbetts, and Laurie Johnson (Darrell); her children David Tibbetts (Helen) and Norma Downing (Thomas); eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Final arrangements are by Monaghan Funeral Home in Mechanicsville, VA. No services will be held.  

“Turn your eyes upon Jesus,

Look full in his wonderful face.

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace.”

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