Mary "Tipper" L. Shaw, age 101, passed away Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, in Tallahassee. Graveside services will be conducted at 11 o'clock EST Thursday morning, Nov. 20th, at Roselawn Cemetery. Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home on Timberlane Road (850-893-4177) is handling arrangements. Mrs. Shaw graduated from Leon High School. She then attended Florida State College for Women, where she was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She was also the first president of the Tallahassee Cotillion Club. Mrs. Shaw was born April 9, 1907, in Tallahassee. Her parents were Dexter M. and Letitia Rawls Lowry. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank S. Shaw; two brothers, Dexter and Francis Lowry; and two grandchildren, Frank and Bill Simmons. Tipper is survived by her son, Frank Shaw Jr. (Sarah) of Tallahassee; two daughters, Letitia McClellan of Tallahassee and Leewood (Richard) Anderson of Gainesville; six grandchildren, Jackie Simmons of Sopchoppy, Tish Simmons Earp Brand, Frank (Fran) Shaw III, Sally (Jerry) Hyde, all of Tallahassee, Rick (Elizabeth) Anderson and Bruce Anderson of Jacksonville; 10 great-grandchildren, John (Yolanda) Simmons of Hayesville, Ala., Mary Simmons of Chiefland, Bert (Kris) Earp, Sarah Earp (Mike) Grant, Sarah Bishop Hyde, Sam and Jack Hyde, Frank Shaw IV and Carol Frances Shaw, all of Tallahassee, and Richie Anderson of Jacksonville; six great-great-grandchildren, Michael Simmons of Hayesville, Ala., Ramsay, Michael and George Grant and Thomas and Everett Earp, all of Tallahassee; sister-in-law Rebecca Shaw of Quincy; a nephew, Dexter Lowry of San Francisco; and a first-cousin, Mary Frances Foster of Tallahassee. Memorial contributions may be made to the Goodwood Foundation, 1600 Miccosukee Road, Tallahassee, FL 32308, or to a favorite charity.

Published in Tallahassee Democrat on November 19, 2008.