Mary L Tipps

June 12, 1932 - August 20, 2019

Mary L Tipps of Fayetteville passed this life on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at the Donalson Care Center at the age of 87. Graveside Services are scheduled for 12 PM, Monday, August 26, 2019 at Lynchburg Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Lynchburg Funeral Home from 10 – 11:45 AM. Mary, a native of Corbin, KY, was the daughter of the late Lee Jarat and Cora Mae Hall Ford. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fayetteville and was involved with the YY’s, the women’s singing group that would visit the local nursing homes. She also enjoyed golfing and babysitting for her grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Rufus Jackson “Jack” Tipps; daughters, Gloria Diane Tipps Bradford, Jackie Lynn Tipps Pittenger and Carol Lee Tipps Frederick and ten brothers and sisters. Mrs. Tipps is survived by granddaughters, Susan Bradford Nix and Angela “Angie” Bradford, both of Fayetteville and Erica Lynn Pittenger Edwards of Chesapeake, Virginia; great grandchildren, Bradford Key Nix, Travis James Edwards and Zack Thomas Edwards; brothers, Henry Ford and his wife, Merrill, David Ford and his wife, Brenda and Conley Ford and his wife, Mary; sisters, Nona Ford Nutter and her husband, Bob and Ann Ford Bradburn and her husband, Gene; son-in-laws, Ricky Bradford and his wife, Donna of Fayetteville, Ricky Pittenger and his wife, Mary of Kill Devil Hills, NC and Steve Frederick and his wife, Gina of Richmond, Kentucky and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made in her honor to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 783 Old Hickory Blvd, #300 W, Brentwood, TN 37027. For online guest registry please visit, www.lynchburgfuneralhome.com LYNCHBURG FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.