1924
James
2006
James Robert Shipman
July 25, 1924 — February 12, 2006
James R. Shipman
Chapel Hill, TN
James R. "Bobby" Shipman, 81, died Sunday, February 12, 2006 at his home in Chapel Hill, TN, after an extended illness.
Funeral services with full military honors will be 2:00 p.m. Friday at McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium Chapel with the Rev. Francis Shipman officiating. Burial will follow in Pate Cemetery.
Born July 25, 1924 in Columbus County, NC he was a son of the late William and Margaret Priest Shipman. He retired after 20 years of service in the United States Navy having served in both World War II and the Korean Conflict. Mr. Shipman also retired as an assistant regional manager for the General Services Administration for the United States Federal Government. He was also very active in the Walking Horse Industry having owned and showed many Walking Horses. Mr. Shipman was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Ruth Norton Shipman who died in 1992; a daughter, Margaret Chapman; a sister, Virginia Tomaso; a brother, Elmer Shipman and by a grandson, Staff Sgt. Todd Edward Nunes who was killed in 2004 while serving in Iraq.
He is survived by two daughters, Barbara Nunes of Chapel Hill, TN and Mary Catherine Shipman of Vienna, VA; one son, Clyde R. Shipman of New Bern, NC; one sister, Dorothy Baldwin of Clarkton, NC; two brothers, William Shipman of Grotten, CN and Rev. Francis Shipman of Timmonsville, SC; one Grandson, Brian Nunes and four Great Grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 1-2 pm Friday at McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium.
Read James Shipman's Obituary and Guestbook on www.mcdougald.com.
Chapel Hill, TN
James R. "Bobby" Shipman, 81, died Sunday, February 12, 2006 at his home in Chapel Hill, TN, after an extended illness.
Funeral services with full military honors will be 2:00 p.m. Friday at McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium Chapel with the Rev. Francis Shipman officiating. Burial will follow in Pate Cemetery.
Born July 25, 1924 in Columbus County, NC he was a son of the late William and Margaret Priest Shipman. He retired after 20 years of service in the United States Navy having served in both World War II and the Korean Conflict. Mr. Shipman also retired as an assistant regional manager for the General Services Administration for the United States Federal Government. He was also very active in the Walking Horse Industry having owned and showed many Walking Horses. Mr. Shipman was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Ruth Norton Shipman who died in 1992; a daughter, Margaret Chapman; a sister, Virginia Tomaso; a brother, Elmer Shipman and by a grandson, Staff Sgt. Todd Edward Nunes who was killed in 2004 while serving in Iraq.
He is survived by two daughters, Barbara Nunes of Chapel Hill, TN and Mary Catherine Shipman of Vienna, VA; one son, Clyde R. Shipman of New Bern, NC; one sister, Dorothy Baldwin of Clarkton, NC; two brothers, William Shipman of Grotten, CN and Rev. Francis Shipman of Timmonsville, SC; one Grandson, Brian Nunes and four Great Grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 1-2 pm Friday at McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium.
Read James Shipman's Obituary and Guestbook on www.mcdougald.com.
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