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Arlis Elton SHIPP

Clifty (Clifty) Cemetery
Madison County,
Arkansas

Arlis
July 26, 1925 - June 20, 1994

*Obituary
The Madison County Record
June 23, 1994

Arlis Elton Shipp, 68, of Route 6, Box 312, Huntsville, Ark., died June 20, 1994, at the Springdale Memorial Hospital. He was born July 26, 1925, at Ball Creek, Ark., the son of Edmon Newton and Clara Estella Ball Shipp. He was a farmer and was preceded in death by one son, James Elton Shipp, on April 18, 1973.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Barbara Lee Shipp of the home; one son, Wendell Shipp of Huntsville; two daughters, Mrs. Marilyn McChristian and Mrs. Patsy Hill, both of Huntsville; one brother, Raymond Shipp of Kellogg, Idaho; two sisters, Mrs. Lillie Walker of Huntsville and Mrs. Doris Botello of Wenatchee, Wash.; two grandsons, Darre Scott Hill and Kendell Lee Shipp, both of Huntsville; two granddaughters, Miss Rebecca Ann Hill and Jessica Dawn Hill, both of Huntsville.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, in the chapel of Brashears Funeral Home with C.J. Jackson, minister, officiating. Interment was in the Clifty Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Harold Jones, Rick Puryear, J.D. Haythorn, Claudie Appleton, John Montgomery, and Clifford Masterson.

Barbara
August 29, 1926 - May 20, 2012

*Obituary
Brashears Funeral Home
Huntsville, AR

Barbara Lee Shipp, 85, of Huntsville, died May 20, 2012 at Meadowview Healthcare and Rehab in Huntsville, Arkansas. She was born August 29, 1926 at Clifty, Arkansas, the daughter of Sam and Lutie Graham Jones. She was a 1947 graduate of Huntsville State Vocational School, a Baptist and owned and operated Shipp's Grocery and Station for several years. She was the widow of Arlis Elton Shipp, whom she married on May 28, 1947 and who preceded her in death on June 20, 1994. She was also preceded in death by one son, James Elton "Butch" Shipp, her parents, four brothers, Fred Jones, Harvey Jones, Eugene Jones and William Jones and by three sisters, Velma Phillips, Marlin Hadley and Joye Carnes.

Survivors include: two daughters, Marilyn McChristian and husband, Jerry and Patsy Hill and Vernon Whittmore, all of Huntsville, Arkansas; one son, Wendell Shipp and wife, Amy, of Huntsville, Arkansas; one sister, Wanetta Puryear of Spring Valley, Arkansas; three granddaughters, Becky Walden and husband, Nathan, Jessica Scates and husband, Tommy and Brooklyn Shipp, all of Huntsville, Arkansas; three grandsons, Darren Hill and wife Megan, Kendell Shipp and Weston McChristian, all of Huntsville, Arkansas; four great-granddaughters, Gara Walden, Briann Walden, Kelsey Scates and Kaylee Hill, all of Huntsville, Arkansas and three great-grandsons, Briar Walden, Keaton Scates and Jayden Scates, all of Huntsville, Arkansas.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P. M. Wednesday, May 23, in the chapel of Brashears Funeral Home with The Reverend Jim Spurlock officiating. Interment will be in the Clifty Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home www.brashearsfuneralhome.net of Huntsville, Arkansas. Pallbearers will be: Darren Hill, Weston McChristian, Kendell Shipp, Nathan Walden, Tommy Scates and Rick Puryear. The family will receive friends from 5:00 P. M. to 7:00 P. M. on Tuesday at the funeral home.

Married May 28, 1947

Contributed on 9/28/14 by wfields55
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Submitted: 9/28/14 • Approved: 6/8/19 • Last Updated: 6/11/19 • R1042439-G1042439-S3

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