obit art 3Jacqueline (Jackie) Tipton-78 of Hopedale, Ohio went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in Trinity West Medical Center in Steubenville.

She was born on June 6, 1936 in Hopedale, Ohio,  the daughter of the late John and Rose Folio Gregory and  her late brother John Louis Gregory. She was a long time member of the Hopedale Church of Christ.  Jackie served as the Green Township Fiscal Officer for the past 20 years.

Surviving is her husband of 59 years, Richard (Dick)  Tipton, a daughter, Tammy Best, and her sister, Elma (Chickie) Ross; nieces and nephews Roger and Melanie (Ross) Reynolds of Warren, Ohio,  Gregory and Janice Ross of Wheeling, W.Va., Duane Ross, Keele Ross and a great nephew Sean Rogers, who
lived with her, and a close family friend Lisa Kimball, all of  Hopedale. Many great nieces and nephews and one great great  niece.

Friends may call at the Blackburn Funeral Home at 324  High Street in Hopedale on Monday Feb. 9, From 2-4 and 6-8
p.m. with services there on Tuesday the 10th.  At 2 p.m. Pastors Dean Blythe and Phillip Spellman will officiate. Burial will follow at Greenwood.  Memorial contributions may be made to the
Blackburn Funeral Home in her name at 324 High Street, Hopedale, Ohio  43976 Blackburn Funeral Home  740-937-2461. Blackburnfuneralhomes.com.