Delaware Co. PAGenWeb Archives Obituaries - William L. BATIPPS, 1946

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BATIPPS, William L. 1946
 
                           01 February 1946
                               Friday
                            Chester Times
                             Obituaries
                           Page 1, 2 of 18

                Wm. L. Batipps, Media Minister, Dies; Was 88

            It was 74 years ago that a poor uneducated boy from the
        South came to Media. There he found kindness, was given
        a job and a chance to get an education.
            Today, at the age of 88, Rev. WILLIAM L. BATIPPS died
        in his adopted community, respected and loved, leaving
        numerous progeny to carry on his good work.
            Born in Chelsea, King William County, Va., the retired
        pastor had come to Delaware County as a lad and had been
        educated by the HALDEMAN family. Proving a capable chef,
        he became head cook at the old Shortledge Academy, at
        Front and Monroe streets, and more recently had been cook
        for the Andrew EASTWICK family, in Wallingford. For a 
        number of years he worked for C. Frank WILLIAMSON.
            But aside from his daily job, WILLIAM BATIPPS believed in
        the things of the spirit, and entered the ministry. Six years
        ago, he retired from the active ministry of the UAME Church,
        where he served in the Pennsylvania-Delaware-Maryland
        Conference, but continued to act as assistant pastor of the
        Lima UAME Church. His last active charge had been at
        Old Fort Church in Christiana, Del. He held membership in
        Mt. Zion Lodge, F & AM.
            A widower he lived with his daughter, Mrs. BERTHA
        JOHNSON, of 436 Lieper street. He is survived by five
        children, all of whom live in Media: MRS. MARY JANE
        SAUNDERS, MRS. GEORGEANNA BROOKS, DR. PERCY
        O. BATIPPS, SAMUEL BATIPPS and THOMAS F. BATIPPS,
        a Media undertaker.
            Also surviving are 45 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren
        and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
            Funeral services for the Rev. Mr. BATIPPS will be held on
        Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock from the Lima UAME
        Church, with interment in the Lima Cemetery. Friends may
        call at his residence on Tuesday evening.
 
 
Note: Husband of Margaret Batipps
                                            
                        


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