Edythe Lane

Edythe T. Lane died Monday, September 3, 2012, at her home in Searcy, Arkansas. A daughter of Carl William and Esther (Sago) Tipton, Edythe Ailene Tipton was born November 4, 1923 in Manila, Arkansas. She left home at 16 to enroll at Harding College in Searcy where she met Caudell Lane. They married December 17, 1942. After graduation, while her husband served overseas in the U.S. Army, Edythe returned to Mississippi County and, at 19, began her teaching career in Leachville and Manila. At the close of the war, the family made their home in his hometown of Wynne where she taught English for ten years before joining her husband in their accounting, abstract and insurance businesses. She continued to work with him and, following his death, managed the accounting business until her retirement at age 74. Shortly thereafter she moved to Searcy to be nearer to her children. Her love of teaching never diminished. She taught Sunday school and Bible classes throughout most of her life and, following retirement she home-schooled several grandchildren and others. Edythe was a Christian and attended services at the Wynne Church of Christ and at the College and Downtown Churches of Christ in Searcy. Left to mourn are her children, Robert (Sharon) Lane and John (Laurie) Lane of Calico Rock, Arkansas, Jim (Debra) Lane of Theodosia, Missouri, and Elissa (Leroy) Miller, Mark (Juli) Lane and Jennifer Smith of Searcy, 20 grandchildren ,7 great grandchildren, a brother, Ray ‘Dude’ Tipton of Mesa, Arizona, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and siblings Jack Tipton, Claiborn Tipton, A. A. ‘Pinky’ Tipton, Anna Sparks, Katherine Broom, and Carlene Tipton. A funeral service will be held at the Wynne Church of Christ at 10:00 on Friday, September 7, followed immediately by internment in Cogbill Cemetery. Fred Strasser will officiate and her grandsons, Kent and, Jonathan Lane, Hunter Lane, David Miller, Russ and Rob Lane, Morgan Smith, and JonMark, Sam and Ben Lane will serve as active and honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be at Kernodle Funeral Home between 6:00 and 8:00 on Thursday evening. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a donation be made to Camp Wyldewood in Searcy or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.

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Edythe Lane

November 23, 1923 - September 3, 2012