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- LIPFORD, Wayne
"Elizabethton Star," Saturday, March 3, 1934
LIPFORD DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Wayne Lipford, age 22, of Butler, Tennessee, died of pneumonia, Friday at a local hospital.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Lipford, of Butler; two sisters, Mrs. Horace Peters, of Baileytown, Tenn. and Miss Mary Lipford of Butler; and two brothers, Kermit and B. H. Lipford, Jr., of Butler.
The remains will be taken to his home in Butler, where funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon.
Wayne was a very popular young man and was associated with his father in the coal business in Elizabethton. He was a former student of Milligan College. He made friends with whomever he came in contact with and was loved by all his friends.
Star," Tuesday, March 6, 1934
WAYNE LIPFORD
Funeral services for Wayne Lipford, popular businessman was held at the Butler Christian church of which Wayne was a member, Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Clarence H. Poage, pastor of the Butler Christian Church officiating. Interment was in the Cobbs Creek Cemetery.
Miss Garnet Williams and Mrs. Morton of Milligan College rendered very impressive solos and a duet accompanied by Miss Spurgeon, piano teacher at Watauga Academy.
The esteem in which Wayne was held was marked by the many beautiful floral offerings and the host of relatives and friends attending the funeral.
Wayne graduated from Watauga Academy of Butler in 1931, and attended Milligan College the following year.
Pallbearers were first cousins and close friends of the deceased and included, Robert I. Fine, Jr., J. F. Fine of Butler, Jas. Franklin Smith of Huntington, W. Va.; Eugene Goodwin of Bluff City; Champ C. Hyder of Elizabethton; Edward E. Slimp, Joe E. Vaught, J. D. Robinson, Harry Ritchie, Joe Mary, and Mrank[sic] Millsaps, all of Butler.
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