Hunt Co., TX - Obits: Michael Crim Phipps ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sarah Swindell USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Michael Crim Phipps, 62, of Celeste, died the morning of April 19, 2004, at his residence. Funeral services were at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ronnie Hickey officiating. Burial was at Oaklawn Cemetery in Cooper. Born May 12, 1941, in Greenville, he was the son of Harmon Haskell Phipps and Frances Marie Landreth Phipps. Mr. Phipps served in the National Guard. He worked as lineman and was a member of the Kingston Baptist Church. Surviving are sons Chris Phipps of Merit, David Phipps of Denison, and Shane Phipps and Jason Phipps of Celeste; daughter, Kaleigh Phipps of Celeste; a brother, Jack Phipps of McKinney; two sisters, Vickie Rosenstrom of Stockton, California, and Jeanne Jones of Chickasaw, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. A son, Michael Lynn Phipps, preceded him in death. Pallbearers were Chris Phipps, David Phipps, Jason Phipps, Shane Phipps, Brandon Phipps, and Buddy Burden. (April 21, 2004, The Greenville Herald Banner)