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Submitted by Vivian Combs Moon
May 3, 2004 Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio Edgar Tipton Jr. Edgar Tipton Jr. “Tip”, 75, of Middletown, passed away Sunday evening, May 2, 2004, at Middletown Regional Hospital. He was born in Pitts, [Estill County], Ky., on Feb. 4, 1929, to parents Edgar “Tom” and Callie (McIntosh) Tipton Sr., and was a lifelong resident of Middletown. He married Joanne Riddell on June 1, 1956. Tip served in the U.S. Army from November 1950, to November 1952, during the Korean War, and was a 50 year-member of the American Legion Post 218. He was employed at Armco Steel Corp. as a Hot Strip Mill roller, retiring in February 1991, with 44 years of service. Mr. Tipton is survived by his wife, Joanne Tipton of Middletown; a daughter, Anne (Steve) Riley of Indianapolis, Ind.; two sons, Timothy S. Tipton and Thomas E. (Jane) Tipton, both of Middletown; five grandchildren, Tim, Malcolm, Samantha, Brooke, and Tommy Tipton; a great-grandson, Logan Tipton; and two sisters, Christine Stewart and Imogene Morgan, both of Middletown. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, James Tipton; a sister, Agnes Finney, and a daughter-in-law, Sandy Tipton. ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral Service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, at Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home, 3805 Roosevelt Blvd. at Bonita Drive, with the Rev. Paul Riddell officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Interment will be at Woodside Cemetery, with military honors conducted by the American Legion Post 218 Honor Guard. Condolences may be sent to the family via our Web page at www.WilsonSchrammSpaulding.com. |