Rev. Keith Lavern Phipps

September 16, 1936 - July 1, 2017

Graveside services for Rev. Keith Lavern Phipps, 80, of Henderson, will be at 10:00 a.m., July 5, 2017 at Union Grove Cemetery with Rev. Dail Andrews officiating. Interment will follow under the direction of Crawford - A. Crim Funeral Home of Henderson. Mr. Phipps passed away on July 1, 2017 in Henderson. He was born Sept. 16, 1936 in Kirksville, Missouri to the late Vernon and Loretta Phipps. He graduated from Unionville High School in Missouri, and then from the Welch Free Will Baptist College of Nashville, TN. He was a retired Minister, having pastored for 18 years with the Evergreen Free Will Baptist Church in Iola, Texas, and 13 years for the Good Hope Free Will Baptist Church in Henderson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Marie Phipps; and two brothers, Carroll Phipps and Emil Phipps. He leaves behind his two children, Rusty Phipps and wife Polly, and Robin Zell, all of Henderson; brother, Jack Phipps and wife Pat of Kansas City, MO, and uncle, adopted like a brother, Bob Drummond and wife Lavera, of Kirksville, MO; five grandchildren, Lauren, Katy, and Joshua Phipps, all of Henderson, Joy Farley of Lawrence, KS, and Scott Andrew Zell of Longview; and sisters-in-law, Pat Phipps of Columbia City, MO, and Rosetta Phipps of Independence, MO. Condolences may be made to the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.