Franklin Tipler Sr
Posted: July 1, 2009
STARKVILLE — Franklin D.R. Tipler Sr., 41, died June 25, 2009, at his home. Services are Thursday at 1 p.m. at Truevine MB Church in Artesia, with the Rev. Gregory Mostella officiating. Visitation is today from noon-6 p.m. at West Memorial Funeral Home in Starkville. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Mr. Tipler was born Feb. 20, 1968, in Ashland. He was a construction worker. He was a Baptist. He is preceded in death by his father, Lonnie Cole. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ella Cromwell Tipler, of Starkville; son, Franklin Tipler Jr., of Starkvlle; mother, Fannie Tipler, of Ashland; brother, Oscar Tipler, of Memphis, and Horace Ray and John Tipler, Jr., both of Ashland; sister, Doris Kay Hester, Stella Butler and Elma Avers, all of Memphis, Tenn., and Betty Miller, Marilyn Cole, and Roberta Williams, all of Ashland. Pallbearers are Charles Ferguson, Tony Hinton, Rick Armstead, Willie Owens, Caesar Jackson Jr.and Jimmy Hudson.