She was born on August 25, 1927 to Oscar E. Tippett, Sr. and Ethel (Workman) Tippett in Pekin, Illinois. She was a very active in her church and at the Tallahassee Senior Center where she was a volunteer for over 15 years. She enjoyed playing games and visiting with people, she never met a stranger.
She was predeceased by her parents, husbands Richard Beck and Percy Alguire, daughter Gloria Beck and 7 brother and 5 sisters. She is survived by her sons Carl Beck, Roger (Ruth) Beck, her daughter Ruth (David) Ficklen all of Tallahassee, grandsons Timothy (Kristina) Beck, Christopher Beck, granddaughter Tiffany Beck, great-granddaughters A. Tejada, K. Beck and great-grandson E. Tejada, brothers Robert (Martha) Tippett, Paul (Patsy) Tippett, sisters Beverly Savage, Eileen (Jim) Hall and numerous nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held from 6 pm until 8 pm on Friday, July 14, 2017, at Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, 700 Timberlane Road. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, July 15, 2017, also at Culley's Timberlane Road location.
Published in Tallahassee Democrat on July 14, 2017
She was born on August 25, 1927 to Oscar E. Tippett, Sr. and Ethel (Workman) Tippett in Pekin, Illinois. She was a very active in her church and at the Tallahassee Senior Center where she was a volunteer for over 15 years. She enjoyed playing games and visiting with people, she never met a stranger.
She was predeceased by her parents, husbands Richard Beck and Percy Alguire, daughter Gloria Beck and 7 brother and 5 sisters. She is survived by her sons Carl Beck, Roger (Ruth) Beck, her daughter Ruth (David) Ficklen all of Tallahassee, grandsons Timothy (Kristina) Beck, Christopher Beck, granddaughter Tiffany Beck, great-granddaughters A. Tejada, K. Beck and great-grandson E. Tejada, brothers Robert (Martha) Tippett, Paul (Patsy) Tippett, sisters Beverly Savage, Eileen (Jim) Hall and numerous nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held from 6 pm until 8 pm on Friday, July 14, 2017, at Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, 700 Timberlane Road. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, July 15, 2017, also at Culley's Timberlane Road location.
Published in Tallahassee Democrat on July 14, 2017
Family Members
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PFC George Edward Workman
1918–1967
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Oscar Earl Tippett Jr
1920–2005
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Marjorie T Tippett Bright
1921–2000
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Clemons F. Tippett
1924–1929
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Donald Ralph Tippett
1925–2011
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Eileen Helen Mabee Hall
1934–2019
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JoAnn M. Tippett Pappas
1935–2009
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Robert Henry Tippett
1938–2017
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Betty E. Tippett Smith
1940–1984
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Katherine Caroline "Kathy" Tippett Otto
1942–2014
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