Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Phipps, Brown H August 19, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  August 20, 2006
Brown H. Phipps 



    Brown H. Phipps, 86, of Watauga, died Saturday, August 19, 2006, at the VA 

Nursing Home. 





    Mr. Phipps was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Jacob and 

Nona Blevins Phipps. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 

six sisters and four brothers. 





    Mr. Phipps honorably served his country as a Seabee in the U.S. Navy 

during World War II. He was a retired electrician and enjoyed gardening. He 

was a longtime member of Watauga Christian Church, where he served as a deacon 

and faithfully gave of his time. 





    Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Mildred Curd Phipps, of the home; 

a daughter and son-in-law, Diana and Richard Nave, Piney Flats; two sons and 

daughters-in-law, Brownie and Brenda Phipps, Watauga, and Jack and Brenda 

Phipps, Johnson City; a sister, Jessie Starnes, Johnson City; four 

granddaughters, Leslie Meredith and Sherri Montgomery, both of Elizabethton, 

Gayla Bolton, Johnson City, and Paula Shumpert, Fort Mill, S.C.; two 

grandsons, Jeff Nave, Piney Flats, and Kerry Phipps, Watauga; five great-

grandchildren, Johnny and Wesley Bolton, Johnson City, Trey and Trent 

Shumpert, Fort Mill, S.C., and Makayla Phipps, Watauga; and several nieces and 

nephews. 





    A Celebration of Life Service for Mr. Phipps will be held at 2:30 p.m. 

Monday, August 21, in the Sunrise Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Services with 

Elder Tommy Joe Andrews officiating. A committal service will follow at 

Washington County Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be his son-in-law, Richard 

Nave, his grandsons, Kerry Lee Phipps and Jeff Nave, and his grandsons-in-law, 

Bryan Montgomery, John Bolton and Derrill Shumpert Jr. His family will receive 

friends in the funeral chapel from 1 p.m. until the time of the service. 

Condolences and memories may be sent to the family through our Web site at 

www.TetrickFuneralHome.com. 





    Arrangements especially for the Phipps family are in the care of Tetrick 

Funeral & Cremation Services, 3001 Peoples Street, Johnson City, (423) 610-

7171.



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