IMOGENE SHIPMAN

DEXTER -- Imogene Shipman, 70, of Fairdealing died Friday, Feb. 25, 2000, at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark.

She was born Feb. 4, 1930, in Williamson County, Ill., daughter of William Henry and Sylvia Irene Triplet Harper.

She and Charles Herbert Shipman were married Dec. 25, 1947. He died Feb. 18, 1984.

She attended the Center Hill Baptist Church in Fairdealing.

Survivors include two sons, Charles D. Shipman of Doniphan, Herbert E. Shipman of Oklahoma City, Okla.; a daughter, Dora Murray of Doniphan; a brother, Everett C. Harper of Fairdealing; a sister, Lucille England of Dexter; 27 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter.

Friends may call at Watkins & Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Karen Oldham officiating. Burial will follow in Bluff Cemetery near Idalia.