Sharon Lipsey

Published 12:00 am Sunday, March 15, 2009

MONTEREY — Services for Sharon Lipsey, 47, of Monterey, who died Friday, March 13, 2009, at her residence, will be at 2 p.m. today, at New Era Baptist Church with the Rev. Huey Tarpley officiating.

Burial will follow at New Era Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home in Ferriday.

Lipsey was born Dec. 9, 1961, in Ferriday, the daughter of, Bobby Dean and Nelda Faye Burnette.

She was a lifelong resident of Monterey, a homemaker and a member of the New Era Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Manuel Ernest and Vera Lee Flaherty; grandparents, Curtis and Mamie Burnette; and brother, Charles Chris Burnette.

Survivors include her parents; husband, Jimmy Paul Lipsey; son, Leighton Paul Lipsey, of Monterey; daughter, Leigha Paige Lipsey, of Monterey; two sisters, Wanda Diane Brignac, of Monterey, Tina Marie New and husband, Bill, of Monterey; two brothers, Bobby Dean Burnette Jr., and wife, Esther, of Many, La., and Darron Ray Burnette of Monterey.

Pallbearers will be Tim Charrier, Ryan Thompson, Greg Wiggington, Weldon Collins, Andrew Forman and Glenn Lipsey.

Honorary pallbearers will be Delane Burnette, Kenneth Burnette, Junior Burnette and Winston Flaherty.

To leave an online condolence visit www.youngsfh.com.