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From: "David W. Dorsey" <>
Subject: [GABIBB] Elise Dorsey Tippett Obituary
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:03:23 -0600


Opelika-Auburn Daily News
Opelika, Alabama
December 20, 2000


EIise Dorsey Tippett Obituary

Funeral services for Elise Dorsey Tippett, 93, of Opelika will
be Thursday, Dec. 21, 2000, at 11 a.m. EST at Macon Memorial
Park Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, Ga., with Dr. Tom Tippett
officiating. Entombment will follow at Macon Memorial Park.

Mrs. Tippett, who passed away Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at Wesley
Terrace Retirement Center, Auburn, was born Aug. 14, 1907, in
Wilcox County, Ga. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Temple in
Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Tippett completed her college degree at the
Teachers College of Georgia in Milledgeville, Ga. She was a
teacher for many years in Georgia prior to being the
administrator of Calvary Day School in Savannah. Above all, she
was a devoted wife and mother.

She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Dr. John Tippett of
Opelika; two sons, Dr. Tom (Suzanne) Tippett of Opelika and Dr.
Jim (Jane) Tippett of Augusta, Ga.; and five grandchildren,
Hester Maginnis of Birmingham, Emmie Sellers of Newnan, Ga.,
Dorsey Tippett of Opelika; John Tippett and Dorothy Tippett of
Augusta, Ga.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Church
at Opelika, Post Office Box 1822, Opelika, Alabama 36803-1822.

Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home of Macon and Frederick's
Funeral Home of Opelika are in charge of arrangements.

David in Alabama


Researching my DORSEY family lines - Allen, Brooks, Cole, Dorsey, Edwards,
Evans, Lackey, Murden, Phillips, Sikes(Sykes), Smith, Thornton, Whitlow,
Whitt;
and my spouse's FAULK family lines - Blackmon, Clark, Faulk, Hines,
Johnson, Martin, Sikes, Sims, Snellgrove.

Visit the DORSEY and FAULK Families web site:
http://www.familyorigins.com/users/d/o/r/David-W-Dorsey/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ddorsey/
And special tributes to my brothers:
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~ddorsey/
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~ddorsey/kore

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