Janie M. Hibbitt

January 13, 1949 - December 10, 2019

Janie Mae Hibbitt, was born January 13, 1949, in Park City, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Mary Lillian Chase Tisdale. Janie was a graduate of Park City High School and was a retired 27-year employee of Cutler Hammer-Eaton. She was also employed by Woodcraft Industries and TJ Maxx. Janie was a faithful and dedicated member of Mt. Union Baptist Church, where she served as the Church Secretary, Pastor and Sr. Choir member, Usher Board member, and Kitchen Committee Chairman. Janie had a sincere love for people, she was always willing to do whatever she could for anyone that she came into contact with. Janie’s hobbies included working in the yard, cooking, sewing, shopping, and watching the University of Louisville Basketball. On, Tuesday, December 10, 2019, just as the evening sun began to set, Janie answered her Saviors call as she moved from her old house to a “Brand New Life” at the blessed age of 70. On December 31, 1967, Janie married the man of her dreams Ervin Hibbitt, with this union three beautiful daughters were born. Janie loved her family and her doors were always open. With a heart as big as her smile, you couldn’t have asked more from a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. How did I make it were words she sang many times, but the life she lived speaks for itself, “God's Grace”. Janie was predeceased by her mother, Mary Lillian Tisdale; sisters, Ella Catherine James and Shirley Ann Lyons; grandparents Rev. Eugene Chase, Jr., and Frances Jordan Chase. To cherish the memory of Janie Mae Wiggins Hibbitt she leaves her loving and devoted husband of 52 years, Ervin Sim Hibbitt; daughters, Sonya (Eric) Heard, Rhonda Hibbitt-Pope, Fonda (Harvey) Hibbitt-Hamlett; grandchildren, Kaelin, Jada, Justin, Aubrey and McKinley; brother, Charles Tisdale, Jr., several nieces and nephews that were like her own children; in-laws, other relatives, and friends. Sincerely, -Your friends at Burnam and Son