Lillian Peters Tipton's Obituary
Services for Lillian Peters Tipton , 96, of Longview will be 2 PM Wednesday, January 28th, at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel, 1617 Judson Rd. with Rev. Steve Coleman officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Cemetery. Mrs. Tipton died Monday morning at a local hospital.
She was born March 22, 1907 in Scott County, Virginia. A former resident of Gate City, Virginia, Mrs. Tipton had resided in Longview since 1949. She was a homemaker and a member of the Longview Missionary Baptist Church.
She is survived by her children and their spouses: William A. Tipton and wife Bobbie, James H. Tipton and wife Annette, Peggy Tipton Bruner and husband Maxey, Mary Tipton Shivers and husband Lynn, and Carl E. Tipton and wife Karol; grandchildren: Terry Frazier, Mike Bruner, James Eric Tipton, Jeffrey Frazier, David Bruner, Royce Wyatt, Tina Melton, Jennifer Shivers, Julie Pitts, Suelynn Wong, Tonya Alter, and Tracey Duvall; several great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence E. Tipton, a daughter, Mildred Tipton Frazier and her husband, Billy W. Frazier and infant son, Junior Lee Tipton and a granddaughter, Catherine J. Tipton.
The family will receive friends Tuesday evening at the funeral home 6 to 8 PM. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, a favorite charity, or to any church library.
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