A graveside service for Bette June Tippin, age 87, of Enid, will be at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, February 1, 2009, at the Wakita Cemetery, with Rev. Dan O’Daniel officiating.  Cremation arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory.  There will be no visitation or viewing at the funeral home.  The register book will be at the graveside service.

         She was born to Floyd Emmitt and Harriet Elizabeth (Pitzer) Slaughter on June 12, 1921, in Wakita, and died Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid.

         Bette grew up in Wakita and graduated from Wakita High School.  On April 10, 1938, she married Harold Benjamin Tippin in Cherokee, and they made their home in the Wakita area, where they farmed for many years.  Bette worked at the grocery store, bank, and was a secretary for the Superintendent at Wakita High School.  She also owned and operated BJ Curiosity Shop.  After their retirement from farming, they moved to Enid in 1992.    She enjoyed fishing, gardening, crocheting and knitting.  Bette attended the Cowboy Church.

        She is survived by daughter Carla Horning of Enid, son John Tippin of Honolulu, Hawaii; eleven grandchildren; twenty-eight great grandchildren; and nine great great-grandchildren.

         Bette was preceded in death by her husband Bennie on 4/14/07, two daughters, Sharon Mattingly and Judith Nathan; one brother, and two sisters.

         Memorials may be made to Hospice Circle of Love.