Rosie Tippin's Obituary
Rosie Brown Tippin, 72, died Monday, July 20, 2009, after an extended illness.
A memorial service will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, August 8 at Calvary Baptist Church, Columbia. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on August 7 at West Blvd. Elementary School
Tippin was born on Jan. 26, 1937 to Herman J. and Ira Belle (White) Brown in St. Louis.
On August 13, 1960 she married Keener Anderson Tippin, Sr., in St. Louis. He preceded her in death.
A graduate of Vashon High School in St. Louis, she graduated from Lincoln University in Jefferson City in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in business education. She later earned her master’s degree in elementary education from Lincoln.
After stints in the St. Louis Public Schools and the former Lincoln University Laboratory School in Jefferson City, Tippin’s career in Columbia Public Schools began as a reading specialist at West Boulevard. After that, she established her own preschool. Tippin later became an assistant principal at Russell Boulevard Elementary School before becoming principal at West Boulevard.
Tippin was elected to the Columbia School Board in April 2008.
Survivors include two children, Keener A. Tippin II and his wife Sheila, Columbia, and Karen Tippin, Columbia; two sisters, Ruby Jackson, Antioch, Calif., and Ruby Poindexter, St. Louis; two brothers, Hurey Brown, Los Angeles, Calif., and H. Jasper Brown, Jr., and his wife Mary, St. Louis; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Faye Brown Thompson.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions are suggested to an educational scholarship the family has established in her name in care of First National Bank in Columbia.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the H.T. May and Son Funeral Home , 2207 Holly Ave., 573-443-2273
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