Robert Leonard Shipp

Published 4:33 pm Friday, January 24, 2020

Robert Leonard Shipp, 86, of Elizabethton, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020, at his residence. He was born January 14, 1934 in Seatonville, Ill., to the late Roscoe and Edith Elizabeth Velker Shipp.
Robert served in the United States Army. He had lived a short time in Elizabethton. He was a self-employed businessman and a former owner of NAPA Auto Parts in Illinois.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a nephew, Joseph Jackson.
Survivors include his sister, Barbara Ann Jackson; two nieces and one nephew, Lorraine and Roy E. Wilson, Stephen Jackson and wife Sherry, and Mary Orduna and husband Sam; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
The graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, January 26, in the Rock Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Roy Wilson officiating. Interment will follow the service. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Sunday to go in procession to the cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by the Johnson County Honor Guard. The family would like to express a special “Thank You” to the staff and residents of Courtyard Apartments for their prayers and support during his death. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website, www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Shipp family.