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Submitted: 7/8/16 • Approved: 7/17/16 • Last Updated: 4/14/18 • R793536-G793536-S3
2 May 1902 Bath Springs, Decatur, TN
26 Jan 1990 Steele, Pemiscot, MO
Parents:
Benjamin Carter Grindstaff (1877 - 1957)
Allie Singleton Grindstaff (1882 - 1957)
Spouse:
Thomas Barney Lipscomb (1892 - 1951)
Mrs. Elmer "Kin" McKinley Lipscomb, 87, of Steele, died Jan. 26, 1990 at her home. Born May 2, 1902 in Bath Springs, Tenn., she was the daughter of Benjamin Carter and Allie Singleton Grindstaff. She was a housewife and a member of First Baptist Church in Steele for over 50 years. She was the widow of Thomas Barney Lipscomb.
She is survived by two sons, James Ersel Lipscomb of Steele and Walter Henry Lipscomb of Memphis; Three daughters, Mrs. Alice McIntyre of Petal, Miss., Mrs. Betty McDermott of Steele and Mrs. Rita Allison of Ferguson, Mo.; One brother, Kit Grindstaff of Granite City, Ill.; Two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Beason of Oklahoma and Mrs. Zelmer Flood of Cape Girardeau; Twenty-one grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by seven children, four sisters and four brothers.
Services were Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. at Bradshaw's German-Aumon Funeral Home chapel in Steele, the Rev. Gene Edwards and the Rev. James McCrary officiating, with burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Pallbearers were grandsons Mike and Phillip Lipscomb, Lee Allison, Joe and Gary McIntyre and William Pettie.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - February 1, 1999
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