Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Lipford, James H, Jr. May 6, 2006
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Elizabethton Star   May 8, 2006
James H. Lipford Jr. 





    James H. Lipford Jr., 82, 712 Carriger Avenue, Elizabethton, died Saturday, 

May 6, 2006, at the residence of a daughter and son-in-law, Angela and Larry 

Markland, 2516 Bob Little Road, Elizabethton. 





    Mr. Lipford was a native of Carter County and a son of the late James H. 

and Addie Crow Lipford. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 

his wife, Audrey Lois Lipford, two sons, James A. Lipford and Phil Lipford, a 

sister, Shirley Chappell, and a brother, Basil Lipford. 





    In his earlier years, he had been employed by the Elizabethton Police 

Department, the Carter County Sheriff's Department and North American Rayon 

Corporation. He retired from the Elizabethton Water Department. He attended the 

Church of Christ. 





    Mr. Lipford served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a 

member of the V.F.W. Post No. 2166 and the Royal Order of the Moose. 





    Survivors include his children, Matthew Lipford and Mitchell Lipford, both 

of the home, Susan and Bobby Ellison and Mark and Louise Lipford, all of 

Hampton, Shelly Hardin, Kevin Lipford and Angela and Larry Markland, all of 

Elizabethton; his sisters, Geraldine Vandeventer and her husband Gene, and 

Beulah Snavely, all of Elizabethton, Roberta, of San Antonio, Texas, and Mary 

King, Johnson City; and two brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert "Bob" and 

Evelyn Lipford and Jack and Judy Lipford, all of Elizabethton. Sixteen 

grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also 

survive. 





    Funeral services for Mr. Lipford will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 

9, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Pastor Ken Hauser officiating. Music will be 

provided by Dan Boner and J.P. Mathes. Interment will follow at Happy Valley 

Memorial Park. Active pallbearers and Military Honors will be provided by the 

Tennessee National Guard. Honorary pallbearers will be Randy Lewis, Willie 

Holtsclaw, Jim Murray, Dr. Scott Caudle, Jim Henson, Harry "Fuzz" Mottern, 

Terry Emmert, Bobby Joe Davenport and Charlie Isakson. The family will receive 

friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at 

the residence of a daughter and son-in-law, Angela and Larry Markland, 2516 Bob 

Little Road, Elizabethton. Condolences to the Lipford family may be e-mailed to 

mfc@chartertn.net. 





    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 



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