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Submitted: 8/26/21 • Approved: 8/27/21 • Last Updated: 8/30/21 • R451004-G0-S3
PRIVATE US Army
World War II
June 4, 1913-August 30, 1980
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
STINNETT - Services for William C. Shipp, 67, of 1005 S. Wilhelm, are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday in Ed Brown & Sons Chapel of the Fountains, with the Rev. Jimmie Gilmore, pastor of Riverview Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Shipp died at 1:25 a.m. Saturday in North Plains Hospital.
A native of Madison County, Ark., he had been a Stinnett resident for 54 years. He was a veteran of World War II, and a retired driller.
Mr. Shipp was known to CBers as "Pontiac:, his CB handle.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby; two daughters, Mrs. Deloris Chartier of Los Angeles, Calif. and Mrs. Doris Ash of Bakersfield, Calif.; two brothers, J.D. of Borger and Scott of Bartlesville, Okla.; seven grandchildren and one grandchild.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, September 1, 1980)
Contributed on 8/26/21
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