Notice for Oliver Howard Tipton

Message: [Brother of Elsie May Scroggins (possibly 32646)] Oliver Howard Tipton TIPTON OLIVER HOWARD TIPTON ( Age 95) On April 5, 2008, died, Of Owings, MD, formerly of Green Meadows, Hyattsville, MD and Washington, DC. He was born on July 9, 1912 in Washington, DC, a son of Jacob Samuel Tipton and Lydia Margaret Gallehugh of Culpeper County, Virginia. As a young man, he was locally well known in the 1930s as a basketball player. He worked for the Huerich Brewing Co., the Washington Cab Association and he retired from the District of Columbia Highway Department as an inspector. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife, Harriet (Hattie Lee) Harrell Tipton; a daughter, Carol Ann Tipton and an infant daughter; his sisters Nellie Elizabeth Daniels and Elsie May Scroggins and a brother, Roy M. Tipton. He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law Donald H. Tipton of Millsboro, DE and his former wife Kathy Tipton of Lewes, DE; Gary E. and Joyce Tipton of Huntingtown, MD; Dennis J. and Evelyn W. Tipton of Owings, MD; Thomas E. and Elyse Tipton of Portland, ME; and John M. and Rhonda Jill Tipton of Laurel, MD. Also surviving are 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. "Granddad" was loved dearly and will be forever missed by all, but his family knows that he is finally in heaven with "Nana." A private graveside service will be held at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Calvert Hospice, PO Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 of the Calvert County Nursing Center, 85 Hospital Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678. Arrangements by RAUSCH FUNERAL HOME, Owings. www.RauschFuneralHomes.com Published in The Washington Post on 4/8/2008.

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