Shirley W. Tipton

FEDERALSBURG - Shirley W. Tipton, 77, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, at Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge.

She was born July 24, 1930, in Cambridge, the daughter of the late George Washington Winthorpe Wheatley and Elsie Collins Jones Wheatley.

She was a 1947 Hurlock High School graduate and had attended Salisbury State College. She was a member of the former Williamsburg Homemakers Club, a member of the Upper Shore Genealogy Society, served as a Den Mother for Pack 137, and had worked as a sales clerk at the former Fox's in Federalsburg.

She was affiliated with Lighthouse Community Church in Federalsburg.

She is survived by her husband of over 58 years, Lester Larkin Tipton; four sons, George Michael Tipton of Laurel, Del., John Mark Tipton of New Castle, Del., Richard Matthew Tipton of Federalsburg, and Leslie Mitchell Tipton of Middleford, Del.; six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; one sister, Mary Cullen of East New Market, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Jennifer Michelle Tipton and eight siblings.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, at the Framptom Funeral Home, P.A., in Federalsburg, with the Rev. Jeff Hudson officiating. Burial will follow at the Eastern Shore Veterans' Cemetery in Beulah. Friends may call Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Upper Shore Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 514, Denton, MD 21629.