Book of Memories for Arthur Ireland Tipton

Condolence From Ed, Ann & Easy Nimitz

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:07:19 EST

From our family to the Tipon family, our heart felt condolences go out to your entire family! He was a great man to work with and to be friends with. He will be greatly missed!

Condolence From Tommy Brooks

Fri, 01 Dec 2017 02:04:24 EST

For those who could not attend, here’s a little of what was said to honor Coach Arthur Ireland Tipton at Humble’s First United Methodist Church on Nov. 4, 2017, thanks to Humble’s FUMC Senior Pastor, Rev. Jim Flagg: Photo: ARTHUR_I_TIPTON_CELEBRATION_OF_LIFE_NOV_4_2017_at_Humble’s_First_United_Methodist_Church TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT From: Jim Flagg [] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:27 AM To: Tommy Brooks Subject: Re: Coach Arthur Tipton's service on Nov. 4, 2017 Hi Tommy, Here is what the family gave me: “Arthur was born in Eliasville, Texas and spent his childhood growing up in an oilfield camp there. He was struck by lightning as a toddler and spent a lot of his childhood years in and out of hospitals. He fully recovered except for loss of hearing in one ear and spent his early teen years roaming the Clear Fork of the Brazos River and enjoying the outdoors. His family moved to Angleton, TX his sophomore year in high school where he was active playing football and basketball. Upon graduation he tried to enlist for WWII and Uncle Sam decided one bad ear made him unfit to serve. He enrolled in Sam Houston College from 1945-47 where he played basketball. He transferred to East Texas Baptist College in 1947 where he played football and basketball. He was awarded best all-around athlete for his performance. He graduated in 1950 and went to work as a teacher and coach at Velasco Jr. High School. There he was required to work with a pretty girl PE teacher by the name of Ruth Whisenhant from Tomball TX. He got paid for it too $3400.00 for the whole year. In the summer of 1951 Uncle Sam decides one good ear is good enough for the Korean War. He entered the US Air Force on July 31st 1951. While on Christmas leave in Dec. 1951 he married that pretty PE teacher. He was discharged from the Air Force in August of 1953 as a Second Lieutenant and went to work that same year as a teacher and coach at Kirbyville high school. In August of 1954 he took a position of teacher and coach at Humble High School. He served in that capacity until 1962 when he became assistant superintendent and business manager for Humble School District. He retired from Humble ISD in 1986 and joined a local real estate firm as a partner until 1990. After retirement he and Ruth enjoyed traveling the US in their motorhome and visiting the grandchildren and watching them grow up. He kept busy during retirement as an avid fisherman and enjoyed all types of fishing but his true passion was the bays and inland waters of the Gulf of Mexico. He also loved to garden and enjoyed passing out vegetables from his garden every year to friends and family.:” Merry Christmas! Pastor Jim ===================================================================================================== From: Tommy Brooks Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 1:16 AM To: Jim Flagg Subject: Coach Arthur Tipton's service on Nov. 4, 2017 Greetings, Rev. Flagg Sir, I met you at Coach Arthur Tipton's service on Nov. 4, 2017. I gave you a note about my email address and asked if you could email any notes you could from Mr. Tipton’s service. If you can, please also contact Pastor Jonathan Brooks and forward this note to him and see if he can also email me his notes from Coach Tipton’s service. If you could I/we would appreciate it. I do a lot of ethical emails and Facebook postings to Humble folks about the history of Humble Texas and its people. If you need the family’s approval, please do so. Ask Ted Tipton about me if you want to. Congratulations on a job well done, Sir. Here are a few photos of Coach “Tip” for your pleasure: Blessings May America bless God! Every day is a blessing. Tommy Brooks BCC: Humble undisclosed; F&F

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Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:43:52 EDT

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Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:41:11 EDT

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Fri, 03 Nov 2017 12:56:48 EDT

Story shared: Arthur Tipton brakes Don Bartlett

Fri, 03 Nov 2017 04:01:42 EDT

Coach Arthur 'Tip' Tipton was our Driver's Ed teacher and trying to teach Don Bartlett and me (with heads full of mush; as Three Mile Bend Kenny Hudson once quipped about us teenagers) how to drive one fine carefree happy-go-lucky day in about 1961 in our long gone, one horse, small town of old Humble Texas.
Now there wasn't much traffic in hick town 1961 Humble back then, but my classmate Don Bartlett somehow conjured up a scary scenario for us all that fine day.
Here we are, with Don cruising for a bruising on FM1960, passing the Charles Street football field.
Don's mind wandered off to the football field or beyond into outer space, maybe. He was transfixed on anything but driving.
As we approach the RR tracks (too fast) Don, Coach Tipton, and I become lit up with the fact that there is a freight train barreling down on our path. Coach yells "STOP", as Don pours the petal to the metal to beat the beast across the RR tracks. I'm in the back just about putting my foot through the back floorboard with my imaginary brake petal in the back. Whoa, Nellie!!!!!!!
Coach Tipton is stomping the teacher's brake so hard that the wheels and tires are screaming.
Don is still transfixed on floor boarding the gas petal to beat the barreling freight train.
The motor is roaring at 10,000 RPM, the brakes and tires and I are screaming and heaven is waiting.
Just in the nick of time Coach Tipton gained control of this teenager-gone-wild disaster car.
Don is still ***honking*** at the freight train as we screech to a non-bloody halt!
Wheweeeeeeeeeeeee!
Coach is just shaking his head with his hands over his ears, I'm laughing in a weird and funny way
that I haven't heard since then.
Don is just a honking and a laughing...... all the way to an extra year of Driver's Ed.
PTL! PTL! Hallelejuh!
R.I.P., Coach Tipton and on Bartlett
Love you!

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Fri, 03 Nov 2017 03:09:27 EDT

DON BARTLETT - Student of Arthur Tipton-Don's entry into Army 1965

Condolence From Tommy Brooks

Coach Tipton was such a sweet man. He taught me drivers ed when I was 13. Later in life when I would run into him, usually at a funeral, I would tell him who I was. He didn't remember me, but he always ask about my cousin Jerry, who had played basketball. I also remember when Tammy was born. It was when the Tammy movies were out with Debbie Reynolds. Coach Tipton will be missed by all who knew him.