She was born on Sunday, May 8, 1949, daughter of Lonzie and Beatrice Williams Vinson Winingear. She was born in and a lifetime resident of Jonesboro, was a truck driver, an accounting department manager and worked in the food service for many years. She was a graduate of Valley View High School and of the Baptist faith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Tippitt; one brother, Jerry Vinson and her father.
Survivors include her mother, Beatrice Vinson Winingear of Fulton, Mo.; three sisters, Fran West of Fulton, Mo., Elaine King of Jonesboro and Kathy Calkin of Jonesboro; two brothers, Earl Vinson and Tony Vinson both of Fulton, Mo.
Funeral services were Saturday, Feb. 2 in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann with Sister Shelby Shelton officiating. Burial followed in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Jonesboro.
Pallbearers were Levi Harris, Andrew Tippitt, Garrett Norris, Jerry King, T.J. Tippitt and Dusty Tippitt. Honorary pallbearers were Larry King, Tom West, Stacy Britton, Tim King and Keith Tippitt.
An online register can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net.


