James A. "Jim" Lipscomb

James A. “Jim” Lipscomb, 64, of Reno, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at Medical City Dallas while surrounded by his loving family. Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled services for 2:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9th, at the United Pentecostal Church with Rev. Robert Myre & Jordan Cunningham officiating. Burial will follow in Union Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 – 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Jim, the son of A. V. & Eris Friday Lipscomb, was born Nov. 23, 1950, in Texarkana, Texas. He and his wife, Dot, were foster-parents and influenced the lives of many children, several of which to this day call him Dad. Jim’s career as an electrical technician with Kimberly-Clark spanned twenty-two years. He was a faithful member of the United Pentecostal Church where he had been a music minister and choir director. Jim’s desire was to travel and minister the Word in song. He was preceded in death by a son, Kyle Dillon Lipscomb on Aug. 18, 2013, and by his parents. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Sue “Dot” Lipscomb, whom he married on April 28, 1973, building forty-one years of family and memoires, two daughters, Tamara Lipscomb Smallwood & husband Phillip and Natalie Lipscomb Coco & husband Brad, grandchildren, Madelyn, Annabelle, Caroline & Elijah Smallwood and Ethan & Aubrey Coco, three brothers, Russell Lipscomb & wife Theresa, Gerald Lipscomb & wife Bernice and Warren Lipscomb & wife Cheri along with a number of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and a plethora of friends.