ROSE TIPTON

ROSE MARCHBANKS TIPTON Rose Marchbanks Tipton left this life on Saturday May 25, 2024, in Mineral Wells, TX. Funeral: 11:00AM on Friday, May 31, 2024, at First Baptist Church of Lipan, TX. Burial: Bishop Cemetery, Lipan TX. Visitation 6:00 to 8:00pm on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at First Baptist Church of Lipan TX. Services under the direction of Wiley Funeral Home. Rose was born to Jasper W. and Vera Smith Marchbanks on April 4th, 1929, in Brownfield TX. During her early life they travelled East, sharecropping and buying and selling property until they came to Lipan in the 1940's. It was here, in 1949, that she met the love of her life, Mr. Charles Tipton. He was farming a property next door when he saw her and went to ask her father if he could take her on a date. They were married the following summer and spent the next 64 ½ years as husband and wife. Always at his side as they farmed, initially raising turkeys and crops, and later hogs and cattle on a farm that would come to be known as "Pork Chop Hill". As they reached retirement age, they travelled across the US, sometimes taking us along to enjoy that time with them. Charles and Rose would come to be known by most kids in town as Mom and Dad, and later as Granny and Papa. Rose was a central figure for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, but also for many others in the community as a maternal figure. Rose was preceded in death by her husband Charles Tipton, her parents, brothers BT and Ather, sisters, Lora Mae, Dovie, Estelle, and Inez, and her three boys, Max, Marvin Dale, and Sam. Rose is survived by her sister Leona Wilson, grandchildren, Neal & Laurayne Tipton, Richard & Ellie Tipton, J.R. & Destiny Campbell, 19 great-grandchildren, and 11 great-great-grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.