M. L. Shipman

Services for M. L. Shipman of Meadville were 10 a.m., Tuesday,Aug. 22, at Pilgrim’s Rest Primitive Baptist Church with burial inthe church cemetery. Franklin Funeral Home was in charge ofarrangements.

Mr. Shipman, 85, died Aug. 20, 2000, of heart failure at NatchezRegional Medical Center. He was born in Fox, Okla., on Jan. 11,1915, to Joseph Shipman and Rosie Williams Shipman.

He was retired from Sun Oil Company.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

Survivors are his wife, Betty Shipman of Meadville; hisdaughters, Sandra Warren, Barbara Radke, and Stacy Swartz, all ofRockport, Texas; his stepson, Gerald Reeves of Wisner, La.; and 10grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, two nieces and onenephew.