Elizabeth (Lipscomb) Marshall, 85

GEORGETOWN - Elizabeth (Lipscomb) Marshall of Georgetown passed away Friday, July 13, 2007, in Georgetown. She was 85.

Mrs. Marshall was born April 8, 1922, daughter of the late Julius and Alice Lipscomb, who had lived in Newport News, Va.

She worked for 23 years with the U.S. Department Agriculture.

Mrs. Marshall was a longtime resident of Sussex County, and was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She greatly enjoyed ceramics and dearly loved her roses, her family and friends and spending time with her grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William John Marshall Sr., whom she had married Oct. 2, 1942; a daughter, Carol Matthews; a grandson, Jason Marshall; and twin great-granddaughters, Desiree Marshall and Courtney Marshall.

She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Donald Wayne Marshall and Ann Marshall, of Durham, N.C., William John Marshall Jr. and Ruth Marshall of Millsboro, and Timothy Lee Marshall, and his fiancée, Peggy Pritt, both of Elkins, W.Va.; two daughters and a son-in-law, Patricia Gains, and Margaret Irene "Peggy" and Tommy Brady, all of Georgetown; 20 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; a brother and a sister-in-law, Billy and Nora Ann Lipscomb of Birds Nest, Va.; a sister and a brother-in-law, Evelyn and Dickie Lewis of Cheriton, Va.; and many friends.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 609 E. Market St., Georgetown.

Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral chapel.

Burial and committal services will be in Cape Henlopen Memorial Park, Milton.

The family suggests memorial contributions to help defray expenses, made payable to Margaret Brady, 24990 Betts Lane, Georgetown, DE 19947.