Family Services will be held Saturday, March 31st at 3:00 pm Graveside at Park Hill Cemetery in Columbus, GA with a personal message and prayer with Pastor James Gant and special vocal dedication by Allyson Huggins.
Michael Paul Tipton, 53, of Orlando, Fl, by way of Columbus, Ga, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2012 at Florida Hospital East Orlando. He was born on March 13, 1959 in Stuttgart, Germany to the late Otha Paul Tipton and Barbara Bruce Davis Tipton. He was a Valedictorian graduate from Spencer High School with full scholarships in 1977. He received his BSN in Nursing and for many years he practiced at Sumter Regional Hospital, Americus, Ga and Dooley Medical Center, Vienna, Ga.
Survivors include his loving wife of 25 years, Patti Vickers Tipton and his pride and joy, light of his life, daughter Riley Hope Tipton both of Orlando, Fl, 3 sisters, Vicki Rourk Easton, Connie Eger (Eric LeBlanc), Pamela Collier (Robert Feathers) all of Columbus, Ga., 1 brother, Philip Tipton (Ann) of Cataula, Ga, 5 nephews, Victor Rourk (Jamie), Nicholas Rourk (Heather), and Jerry Collier (Katie Sievers) of Columbus, Ga, Chris Wade (Jenny), and Gaylon Wade of Cataula, Ga , 3 great nieces, Crystal Wade McCrady and Ashley Wade of Cataula, Ga, Savannah Rourk of Columbus, Ga, 4 great nephews, Justin, Jantz, Nathan Rourk, William "Landon" Collier of Columbus, Ga, and Cory Wade of Cataula, Ga. 1 great-great nephew Carson McCrady of Cataula, Ga.
He was loved by many and will be missed by all.