Mary Mayo Wakefield Tipton

Published 6:33 pm Monday, July 22, 2019

Mrs. Mary Mayo Wakefield Tipton, age 93, formerly of Tiptonville, Tennessee, died Friday, July 19, 2019, at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington.

Private services were held.

Mrs. Tipton was born in Dresden, Tennessee, on Dec. 24, 1925. She was the daughter of the late Cornelius William Wakefield and Mary Mayo Wakefield. Mrs. Tipton graduated from Vanderbilt University. She was a retired elementary school math teacher. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Tiptonville, Tennessee. Mrs. Tipton moved to Greenville from Tiptonville in 2016. In her spare time, she loved to travel and was an avid walker. Mrs. Tipton cherished her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Tipton was married to Reuben Ryder “R.R.” Tipton, Jr., who preceded her in death.

She is survived by her children, Reuben Ryder Tipton III, M.D. and wife Sally, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and their children, Reuben Ryder Tipton IV, J.D., of Myrtle Beach, Lauren Ashley Tipton, M.D., of San Francisco, California; Susan T. Wolfe and husband Jim Wolfe, M.D., of Jackson, Tennessee, and their children, Emily LaFauci, M.D., and husband Mike, of Jackson, Tennessee, Max Wolfe and wife Callie, of Oxford, Mississippi, and their son, Grayson James Wolfe; William Wakefield Tipton, M.D., and partner Cindy Alligood, and his children, William Wakefield Tipton, Ph. D. and his partner, Yuki Jung, of Mountain View, California, Michael Tipton, of Wendell, North Carolina, Stephen C. Tipton and wife Jessica. of Harrisonburg, Virginia, and their son, Henry Campo Tipton; and long-time friend, Albert Markham, of Tiptonville, Tennessee..

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 536 Church St., Tiptonville, TN 38079 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959.

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Paul Funeral Home & Crematory in Washington is honored to serve the Tipton family.