Morgan Tipton

John Morgan Tipton, age 90, passed away on July 8, 2019 at his residence in Stanton, KY.  Born in Rosslyn, KY he was a son of the late Pleas D. Tipton and the late Louis Wireman Tipton, a 1947 graduate of Powell County High School and an Elder of Stanton First Presbyterian Church.  Morgan was a farmer, a Kentucky Colonel and member of Kentucky Farm Bureau and the Powell County Livestock Producers.  He assisted with the Powell County High School Basketball Team under Coach Bill Orme with transportation and keeping the record book.  Morgan was dedicated to Powell County his entire life as teacher of the one room school house on Hatton Creek, a toll booth operator on the Mt. Parkway and a county tobacco surveyor.  He also enjoyed breeding and showing horses. Morgan is survived by his wife, Dorothy Abner Tipton; one son, Michael (Susan) Tipton of Stanton; two daughters, Connie (Gary) Crabtree of Stanton and Georgia (Rodney) Hill of Jupiter, FL; one sister, Yvonne (Charles) Martin of Stanton; seven grandchildren, John (Anna) Tipton, Laura (Jared) Cockrell, Brooke (Bowen) Smallwood, Paige Crabtree, Dane Hill, Layne (Devin) Harkness and Zane Hill and 11 great grandchildren, Colin, Nicholas, Darcy, Delaney, Garrett, Conleigh, Asher, Ivie, Lucas, Henry and Huxley.  In addition to his parents Morgan was also preceded in death by four brothers, Elbert Tipton, Hugh Tipton, Pleas Tipton, Jr. and Herbert Tipton and seven sisters, Minnie Tipton, Mary Lane, Opal Wicker, Golden Bowen, Elizabeth Everman, Gladys Trent and Zanna Francis Anderson.  Visitation begins at 5:00 P.M. Wednesday at Hearne Funeral Home, Inc., 125 West College Avenue, Stanton, KY.  Funeral services officiated by Bro. Lucas Waters will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Stanton First Presbyterian Church, 420 North Main Street, Stanton, KY.  Burial will be in Stanton Cemetery with John Tipton, Jared Cockrell, Bowen Smallwood, Dane Hill, Zane Hill and Devin Harkness serving as active pallbearers.  Honorary pallbearers are nephews and nieces, members of Stanton First Presbyterian Church, Dr. Charles Noss, Troy Brooks, Junior Ashley, Rainbo Kerns, Mike Reed, Willis Henderson, Talmadge Smallwood, Herb Trent, Gary Abner, Phillip Collins, Rick Bowlby, Esther Kearns, Dee Robbins, Fred Tuttle and Hospice East.  Arrangements by Hearne Funeral Home, Inc.