Mr. Randy Tipton

August 22, 1953 - October 23, 2019

Mr. Randy Tipton, age 66, of Shelbyville, passed away October 23, 2019, at his home surrounded by his family. A memorial service will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 16, 2019, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Reverend Jeff Rasnick will officiate. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to the service. He was born August 22, 1953, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to the late Kenneth Ray Tipton and Margie Aileen Woodard. He was a retired Tow Motor Operator. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brother Tim Tipton, and sister, Rebecca McDannel, and grandmother, Pat "Granny Pat" Tipton Watkins. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Tipton, of Shelbyville; three daughters, Vanessa Hicks, of Maryville, Erica (Chris) Young, of Maryville, and Nikki (Ernest Sutton) Tipton, of Shelbyville; step-daughter, Crystal M. Swearington; a brother, Bryan (Amy) Tipton; four sisters, Diane (Harold) Wood, Chita (Tim) Wampler, Lissa Tipton, and Lynda (King) Tipton; sister-in-law, Stephanie Tipton; brother-in-law, Charles McDannel; eight grandchildren: Landon Lidsey, of Maryville, Tennessee, Taylor Swearington, of Manchester, Neria McGowan, Seria McGowan, and Bryston Lee Sutton, all of Shelbyville, Tyler Hicks and Sadie Hicks, both of Maryville, and Olivia Williams, of Florida; and four great-grandchildren, Kendrick Scott, Aiden Hicks, Ian Hicks, and Tristan Hicks. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family.