Beverly Arlis "Belva" Lipford

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LIPFORD, B. A.
“Elizabethton Star,” Monday, July 2, 1945
B. A. Lipford Dies After Long Illness.
B. A. Lipford, age 72, died at his home on Pine Street, Sunday morning at 3:20 o'clock after an illness of several weeks.
Mr. Lipford was owner and operator of the Lipford Coal Company here and was in business in Butler prior to coming here. He was a member of the Butler Christian Church.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. B. A. Lipford, two daughters, Mrs. R. A. Phillippi, Lenoir City, Mrs. A. C. Farthing, Oak Ridge; two sons, Kermit Lipford, Wilmington, Del., Pfc. Beverly A. Lipford, Jr., U. S. Army in Munich, Germany; two sisters, Mrs. Edward E. Slemp, Elizabethton, Miss Mollie Lipford, Elizabethton, one granddaughter, Mary Lou Peters, three grandsons, Beverly Jack Lipford, Wayne Farthing, Kermit Lipford, Jr.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday morning at 10:00 o'clock at the Butler Christian Church with Rev. J. J. Musick and the Rev. Craig Morton officiating.
Music will be in charge of Luther Hampton.
Burial will be in Butler Cemetery.
The funeral cortege will leave the home at 9:00 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Active pallbearers will be Arnold Ward, Taylor Morrell, Walter Edens, R. H. Ritchie, Oliver Netherly, Vascoe Howell, Clyde Russell, Fred Carter, S. C. Ball.
The body will be removed to the home, 701 Pine Street, Monday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock.
Roy Hathaway Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Beverly married Mary "Mollie" Goodwin about 1903. Mary was born on 20 Oct 1879 in , Giles County, Tennessee, ; died on 30 Jul 1985 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.