Obituary of Mrs.  Rhoda  (Hollabaugh) Shipman, 1938, Searcy County, AR

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Submitted by:  Mary Shipman<vhmc@earthlink.net>
Date: 19 Aug 2001

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OCT. 9, 1938
Arkansas

Well Known Searcy County Woman Passes
   Mrs. Rhoda (Hollabaugh) Shipman, aged 84 years, died at her home in Leslie,
Sunday afternoon. She was born and reared In Leslie and had lived there all her 
life. Mrs. Shipman was first married to George Hollabaugh and three sons and 
three daughters survive by her first marriage. They are C. A. Hollabaugh and 
Frank Hollabaugh of Leslie, T.A. Hollabaugh of Russellville, Mrs. J. N. Shipman 
and Mrs. Tennie Shipman of Leslie and  Mrs. J. S. Wellman  of North Little Rock.
Later she was married to James A. Shipman and two sons survive by this marriage.  
They are Bert Shipman of Memphis. Tenn., and Dow Shipman of Russellville. She is 
also survived by three step-sons,  T. L. Shipman of Marshall, W. F. Shipman of 
Cleveland, Okla., and S. L. Shipman of BerryviIle, Ark., and by 27 grandchildren, 
29 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
   Funeral services were held at Leslie, Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. 
Claude Jenkins and, Rev. 0. R. Findley, Pastors of the Baptist and Methodist 
churches, respectively, assisted  by Rev. T. C. Chambliss, pastor of the Methodist 
church of Marshall. Burial was in the Leslie cemetery.
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