Darlene Bumpus
Darlene (Tipps) Bumpus, 64, of Union City passed away 5:09 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2024, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Funeral services were to be conducted 2 p.m. today (May 22) in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Dan Huggins was to officiate. Burial was to follow in Terrace Hill Cemetery near Troy.
Visitation was to be held at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until the hour of services today.
Pallbearers were to be Tyler Shuster, Isaiah Southerland, Trevor Pollock, Tyler Wagster, Rod-ney Tipps and Nickolas Tarrant.
Darlene was born Oct. 14, 1959, in Dyersburg, daughter of the late Guy Lester Tipps and Margie Irene (Moody) Tipps. She married Larry Allen Bum-pus Aug. 25, 1986. He preceded her in death Jan. 23, 2011. She had been employed at the Union City Manor and retired from Tyson Foods and was of the Church of God faith. Darlene gave the gift of life through tissue donation.
She is survived by one daughter, Crystal Ladd (Michael) of Obion; three sons, Brian Pollock (Jodie), Jeromy Pollock (Kristeena) and Brant Bumpus (Omie), all of Union City; one sister, Susan Austin (Eldon) of Rutherford; three brothers, Tony Tipps (Kay) and Bennett Tipps (Wanda), all of Dyersburg, and Marty Tipps of Union City; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one granddaughter, Natalie Shuster; one brothers, Lester Wayne Tipps; and two sisters, Patsy Ann Patton and Shelia Cashion.
Published in The Messenger on 5.22.24