John was the son of Edith Naylor and Priest T. Lipscomb. Like his father, he spent most of his career with the Texas Highway Department, starting out as a surveyor for the Conroe field office, and thirty years later, retiring from the position of Traffic Engineer for District 12 in Houston. Mr. Lipscomb served for a number of years on the board of Texas Highway Department District Credit Union, and was active throughout his career in engineering professional organizations, especially the Texas Institute of Traffic Engineers. John Lipscomb was a natural athlete; as a college freshman, he had a music scholarship, playing tuba in the MOB for Rice University. When the football coach spotted him, however, he was drafted from the band to the team, and played football in 1948 and 1950, the year Rice went to the Cotton Bowl and won. While attending The University, John married Marijane Johnson. The two met and dated in Houston while in high school, where John played football for Milby and Marijane was in the Scottish Brigade at Austin High School. During his life, the highest honor and responsibility John Lipscomb sought was to be a family man. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Marijane; his sister and brother-in law Edith and Earl Marchand of Houston; daughter Maribeth Lipscomb, of Dallas, daughter and son-in-law Kathleen and Mark Jircik and two grandsons: Allen and Daniel Jircik, of Houston, and daughter Ann Lipscomb, of Austin; and niece and nephews: David Marchand, James Marchand, Steve Marchand, Sherry Hess, and John Marchand.
John was the son of Edith Naylor and Priest T. Lipscomb. Like his father, he spent most of his career with the Texas Highway Department, starting out as a surveyor for the Conroe field office, and thirty years later, retiring from the position of Traffic Engineer for District 12 in Houston. Mr. Lipscomb served for a number of years on the board of Texas Highway Department District Credit Union, and was active throughout his career in engineering professional organizations, especially the Texas Institute of Traffic Engineers. John Lipscomb was a natural athlete; as a college freshman, he had a music scholarship, playing tuba in the MOB for Rice University. When the football coach spotted him, however, he was drafted from the band to the team, and played football in 1948 and 1950, the year Rice went to the Cotton Bowl and won. While attending The University, John married Marijane Johnson. The two met and dated in Houston while in high school, where John played football for Milby and Marijane was in the Scottish Brigade at Austin High School. During his life, the highest honor and responsibility John Lipscomb sought was to be a family man. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Marijane; his sister and brother-in law Edith and Earl Marchand of Houston; daughter Maribeth Lipscomb, of Dallas, daughter and son-in-law Kathleen and Mark Jircik and two grandsons: Allen and Daniel Jircik, of Houston, and daughter Ann Lipscomb, of Austin; and niece and nephews: David Marchand, James Marchand, Steve Marchand, Sherry Hess, and John Marchand.
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