Date of birth: 23 Apr 1898
Date of death: 12 Jul 1972

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Burial Information

Section 04 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 040A-40
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

War/Campaign: WORLD WAR I

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Notes

Birth: 23 Apr 1898
Death: 12 Jul 1972 - Vicksburg, Warren Co., MS

<br><b> Burial:	</b>14 Jul 1972

Obituary

J.R. Lipsey
Funeral services for John Robert Lipsey, 74, were held Friday, July 14 at 11 a.m. from Southern Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverent Howard Allen officiating. Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mr. Lipsey died in a Vicksburg Hospital Wednesday following a lengthy illness. He was the son of Lillie Pollard and Edward Lipsey. A longtime resident of Holmes County, he was a retired manager of Holmes County Co-Op, a veteran of World War I, and a member of the Franklin Presbyterian Church.

He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Frank C. Ford, Vicksburg; three sons, Lt. Col. Edward G. Lipsey, Adand,Turkey; John T. Lipsey, Jackson; William L. Lipsey, Southhaven; four sisters, Mrs. Nina Owens, Foxworth; Mrs. Louise Warnack, Brookhaven; Mrs. Ethel Wheery, Brookhaven; one brother, Louis Lipsey, Pickens; and twelve grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Ray Johnson, Mills Martin, R.S. Richmond, Bob Gilfoy, Ed Tye Nielson and Preston Martin.

Holmes County Herald - Page 6
July 20, 1972

Family Relations of John Robert Lipsey

Parents:
Edward R. Lipsey
Lillie Louvenia Pollard Lipsey

Siblings:
Eddie C. Lipsey
Ethel Lipsey (McRae) Wherry
Mrs. C. F. Owens
John Robert Lipsey
William Carlton Lipsey
Claude Lipsey
Leslie Louis Lipsey
Lettie Louise Lipsey
Sarah Ada Lipsey

Spouse:
Willie May Gibson Lipsey

Children:
Bobby May Lipsey Ford

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