Karen Lynn Whipple, 38, of the Price Community, Rusk County, TX, formerly of the Antioch Community, Panola County, TX, passed away on Sunday morning, Oct. 6, 2019. Karen Lynn Bellmore Whipple was born on Aug. 4, 1981, in Ft. Hood, TX to Kenneth Frank and Mary Katherine "Kathy" Turley Bellmore. She attended school in Excelsior Springs, MO and College in Dayton, FL where she studied web design and to be a veterinarian technician.

Survivors include her parents, Kenneth and Mary Bellmore of Antioch; son, Ralph Whipple of Antioch; daughter, Guendolynn Whipple of Antioch; fiancé, Richard Kirkner of Price; special grandparents, William and Sherry Kiper of Antioch; brother, Kenneth Frank Bellmore, Jr. of Kansas City, MO; sisters, Cathy Jo Silkwood and husband Daryl of Overland Park, KS and Kimberly Desautels and husband Timothy of Excelsior Springs; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and many friends also survive.

A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Carl Anderson officiating. The family will receive friends from 5-6 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home prior to the memorial service.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.