Gordon Tipping
December 27, 1915 - October 12, 2005
 

Gordon Tipping, 89, of Hughes Springs, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 12, in a Linden hospital. 
He was born Dec. 27, 1915.

He is survived by his wife Lois; a son Anthony Tipping; a daughter Vonita Bowers; a brother and 
sister-in-law Charley and Kinney Tipping, all of Hughes Springs; a grandson who he helped raise 
Grant Haley, and other grandsons Barry Tipping, Aaron and Matt Bowers; granddaughters Debbie 
Tucker and Susan Tipping; and several great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother 
Nolen Tipping; a son Jack Tipping; two daughters Murl Tipping and Janice Griffith , and a son-in-law 
Dr. Mike Bowers.

His funeral will be at 2 P.M., Saturday at Reeder-Davis Chapel in Hughes Springs, with the Rev. 
Ralph Hale officiating. Burial will follow in Hughes Springs Cemetery.

Family visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Tipping was retired from Lone Star Steel Company and he was a member of First United Methodist Church in Hughes Springs.