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Submitted: 6/2/16 • Approved: 2/14/21 • Last Updated: 2/17/21 • R792370-G792370-S3
Larry
Feb 1, 1940
Jan 27, 2009
Beulah
Jul 24, 1941
Aug 19, 2009
Dau. of Joseph & Dorothy Moss
Funeral services for Reverend Larry Dale Shipley, 68, West Plains, were Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, at the First Congregational Methodist Church, West Plains, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Rev. Shipley died at 1:16 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 27,2009, at Ozarks Medical Center. He was born Feb. 1, 1940, near Gainesville, Mo., to Theodore Roosevelt and Mildred Ada Phillips Shipley. On April 22, 1960, he was married at the Bond Ridge Assembly of God Church to Beulah Fern Moss. Rev. Shipley had worked for the West Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Company for about 30 years and was a ordained minister, having pastored the First Congregational Methodist Church, Smith Chapel Church and the Davis Creek Congregational Methodist Church. He was a songwriter, having written hundreds of songs and poems and had several songs recorded. Rev. Shipley was a talented musician, having played with several bands including the Ozarks Ramblers in the 1950s, with his father, the Shipley family and the Southern Grass. He had a regular show on KSHE, Unity Broadcasting Network on Monday evening. He is survived by his wife, Beulah Shipley, of the family home; three children, Ted Ray Shipley, wife, Teresa, Marsha Lynn Olmsted and Scotty Dale Shipley, all of West Plains; five grandchildren, Nicholas Joseph Shipley, Lauren Lannette Shipley, Audriaunna Elizabeth Olmsted-Coursen, husband, Andrew Paul, Shauni Analycia Olmsted and Emilee Kaitlin Barker; his mother, Mildred Shipley, West Plains; two brothers, Jim Shipley, wife, Polly and Tom Shipley, wife, Phyllis; one sister, Deloris Barlow, husband, Ron; two sisters-in-law, Betty Walker, husband, Gene and Faye Judd, husband, Bill; several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. His grandparents; father; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ray and Dorothy Moss, precede him in death. Rev. Shipley loved the Lord and his family; he was a best friend to many and will be greatly missed. Burial was at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gideon Bible Society and left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. [robertsondrago.com]
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