Nelle Shipp
(November 21, 1917 - July 14, 2016)
Nelle Madeline Shipp, 98, passed away on July 14, 2016 at Brownfield, Texas.
Graveside service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Slater’s Chapel Cemetery in Nolan, Texas with Reverend Billy Oliver officiating.
Ms. Shipp was born on November 21, 1917 in Groesbeck, Texas. On March 15, 1936, she married Albert Shipp.
Nelle lived in Rising Star, Texas for a short period of time with the family and lived in Nolan County from 1950 until 1992 then moving to Rankin, Texas. Nelle lived in Brownfield for the past year.
She fostered 73 children for Nolan County CPS over the time she lived in Nolan County and had worked in the SISD school cafeteria. She was a doll collector and being a seamstress, made clothes for more than 100 dolls in her collection. Nelle was a blood donor and was very proud of the fact that she donated more than 8 gallons in her lifetime. She was a lifelong member of Nolan Baptist Church.
Survivors include: Daughter-Nan Owen and husband Doug of Rankin, TX; Sons-Mike Shipp and wife Kaye of Llano, TX, Jarrell Shipp and wife Julie of Abilene, TX; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Nelle was preceded in death by her parents, John R. and Bertha (Shelton) Boykin; her husband, Albert Shipp; her daughters, Martha Gossett, Toga Brock and David Shipp; her son, Joel Shipp; and her two sisters, Johnnie Boykin Daly and Pauline Boykin Rodgers.
From online memorials, McCoy Funeral Home, Sweetwater, TX
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Nelle Shipp
(November 21, 1917 - July 14, 2016)
Nelle Madeline Shipp, 98, passed away on July 14, 2016 at Brownfield, Texas.
Graveside service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Slater’s Chapel Cemetery in Nolan, Texas with Reverend Billy Oliver officiating.
Ms. Shipp was born on November 21, 1917 in Groesbeck, Texas. On March 15, 1936, she married Albert Shipp.
Nelle lived in Rising Star, Texas for a short period of time with the family and lived in Nolan County from 1950 until 1992 then moving to Rankin, Texas. Nelle lived in Brownfield for the past year.
She fostered 73 children for Nolan County CPS over the time she lived in Nolan County and had worked in the SISD school cafeteria. She was a doll collector and being a seamstress, made clothes for more than 100 dolls in her collection. Nelle was a blood donor and was very proud of the fact that she donated more than 8 gallons in her lifetime. She was a lifelong member of Nolan Baptist Church.
Survivors include: Daughter-Nan Owen and husband Doug of Rankin, TX; Sons-Mike Shipp and wife Kaye of Llano, TX, Jarrell Shipp and wife Julie of Abilene, TX; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Nelle was preceded in death by her parents, John R. and Bertha (Shelton) Boykin; her husband, Albert Shipp; her daughters, Martha Gossett, Toga Brock and David Shipp; her son, Joel Shipp; and her two sisters, Johnnie Boykin Daly and Pauline Boykin Rodgers.
From online memorials, McCoy Funeral Home, Sweetwater, TX
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