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Cliff Jeff Gipson

Cliff Jeff Gipson, the eighth child of the late Sam Percy Gipson Sr. and Versie Ree Jones Gipson, was born on March 1, 1939, in the Gatewood M.B. Church Community of Slayden, Mississippi. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Oxford and St. Joseph Catholic in Church Holly Springs. He confessed belief in Christ at an early age. He died on November 8, 2019, at Alliance HealthCare Systems' Palliative and Hospice Care Unit in Holly Springs.

Cliff, affectionately called "C.J.," graduated from Henry Elementary School in Marshall County, MS, and St. Mary's High School in Holly Springs, MS. He studied art at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, Rust College in Holly Springs, and the University of Mississippi in Oxford.

A memorial Service will be held Saturday, November 16, 2019. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. and service will start at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, located at 305 E. Van Dorn Avenue in Holly Springs, Mississippi. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Cliff was preceded in death by his parents, Sam Percy Gipson Sr. and Versie Ree Jones Gipson. Siblings who preceded him in death are: Queen Anne Gipson, William Gipson, Sam Percy Gipson Jr., Grace Gipson Harvey, Shelby Gipson, Knowledge Gipson, and Alva Gipson. In-laws who preceded Cliff are: Joseph Neil Harvey Sr., Richard Charles Murphy Sr., Wilbert D. Coleman, and Louise Borom Gipson.

Cliff leaves to cherish his memory nine siblings: Naomi Gipson Murphy, Quentell Gipson, Frances Gipson Lawshe, Gloria Gipson Suggs, Lou Ree Gipson Boykins, Elisha B. Gipson, Evelyn Gipson Cummings, Revelyn Gipson Coleman, and Clinton E. Gipson. He also leaves to mourn his aunt, Annie S. Jones Spight. The in-laws left to mourn, Cliff's death are: Gloria Jones Gipson, Marguerite Ford Gipson, Patricia Spalding Gipson, Armastine Rush Gipson, Franklin D. Suggs, Mary Sharp Gipson, John A. Cummings, and many nieces, nephews and friends.

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