Julia "Judy" Tipton

Tupelo - JULIA JUDY TIPTON, 64, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at her residence. She was born August 27, 1943 in Greenville to the late James Carlton and Beatrice Baker Deason. She graduated from Greenville High School and then went on to Delta State University where she earned her associates degree. A creative and artistic person, she also enjoyed sewing, crocheting, fishing, playing bingo. She will be remembered as a wonderful mother, sister, and grandmother. She was a member of Swiftwater Baptist Church in Swiftwater, Miss.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Bro. Frank Breaux and Bro. Dale Carr officiating. Burial will be in Kirkville Cemetery.

Survivors include her son, Danny Tipton and wife, Martha, of Nettleton; her daughter, Tammy Lynn Tipton Ward and husband, Claude, of Blytheville, Ark; four sisters, Joyce C. Deason Williams of Dousa, La., Jane, C. Deason Nail and husband, Bobby, of Kilmichael, Sybil Allen, of Birmingham, Ala., and Deloris Hissan of West Helena, Ark.; one brother, James Carlton Deason, Jr., and wife Lois, of Tupelo; three grandchildren, Clarence C. Ward and Joseph J. Ward, both of Blytheville, Ark., and Parker R. Tipton of Nettleton; her special friends, Jo and Bruce Gresham of Tupelo.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Bessie Lee Gibbs.

Pallbearers will be Barry Kelly, Eddie Hester, Stan Akers, Jimmy Carter, Gregory Gibbs, Brandon Reeves

Honorary Pallbearers will be Eugene Ederer, Bruce Gresham, Dan Tipton, Sr., Doug McGraw, Robert Tipton, Billy Gibbs; and in memory Bro. Noel Bledsoe.

Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to The Mississippi Breast Foundation, PO Box 217, Rolling Forks, MS 39159.