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Submitted: 11/15/20 • Approved: 11/17/20 • Last Updated: 11/20/20 • R366739-G0-S3
US Air Force
World War II
November 19, 1915-November 5, 1991
"Tip"
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Tip Collingsworth, 75, of Perryton, died Nov. 5, 1991.
Funeral services will be today, Thursday, at 1 p.m. in Full Gospel church with Rev. Harrol Waterbury, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Holt Cemetery near Spearman. Arrangements are through Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
He was born Nov. 19, 1915 in Frisco and came to Perryton in 1929. He graduated from Perryton High School in 1934. He married Ruby Lamb on Nov. 29, 1944. He owned various car dealerships, including Collingsworth Motor Co., from 1959-1981.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Air Force. An avid airplane enthusiast, he traded for over 150 airplanes during his career.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby, of the home; one son, Bruce Collingsworth of Arlington; one daughter, Mary Helen Coates of Perryton; one brother, Tom Collingsworth of Guymon, OK; and four grandchildren.
(Published in The Perryton Herald - November 7, 1991)
Contributed on 11/15/20 by neldapat
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