Ms. Inez Andrews Tipton

Ms. Inez Andrews Tipton, 96, passed away on October 28, 2015, at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point. She was born June 22, 1919, in Chickasaw County in the Sparta Community. Mrs. Inez worked at the Gulf Ordnance Plant in Prairie from 1942-1943. She was a Floorlady on Line #5, where she made 75MM, 50MM, and 32MM Shells. She was an active member of West End Baptist Church in West Point. She was an avid and accomplished flower gardener. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother, and sister. She married Burtron Tipton on June 2, 1945, in Birmingham, AL, and he passed away May 13, 1956. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by son: Billy Burt Tipton; Two Sisters: Estelle Brown and Opal Nobles; and by Two Brothers: William Oscar and Rex Andrews. Funeral services will be Friday, October 30, 2015, at 1:00 P.M. from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Truman Carter officiating and assisted by Reverend Jim Sallee. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Methodist Cemetery in Monroe County. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include Her Two Daughters, Brenda Johnston of West Point and Barbara May of Gulfport; Her son, Kenny Tipton (Libby) of Pheba; 13 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; and 10 great-great grandchildren; One Sister, Christene Clay of West Point. Pallbearers will be Billy Tipton, Donald Murray, Adam Henderson, Jimmy McKee, Stephen Harris, and Jon Simmons. Honorary Pallbearers will be Nurses, Staff and Residents at Dugan Memorial Home, Dr. Edmund A. Miller, Jr., and the Nurses and Staff of Community Hospice in Tupelo. Memorials may be made to Riverside Chapel Baptist Church, 103 River Oak Drive, West Point, MS 39773 or to Alzheimers Foundation of Mississippi, 196 Charmant Drive; Suite 4, Ridgeland, MS 39157. Visitation will be Friday 11:00-1:00 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com