Coats, NC: Mr. Charles Edward Tripp, age 74, of Clinton, formerly of Coats, died Sunday, April 26, 2015, at Sampson Regional Hospital in Clinton. Funeral services will be 2:00PM Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Coats. Officiating will be Pastor Eddie White. Burial will follow in Lakeside Memorial Gardens, Angier.
Mr. Tripp was born January 3, 1941 in Harnett County to the late Robert and Lavenia Moore Tripp. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, JoAnne Weaver Tripp, and a brother, Leonard Elton Tripp. Mr. Tripp was a carpenter in the home construction business, and was a US Army Veteran serving during the Vietnam Conflict.
Surviving include his wife, Doris Honeycutt; daughter & spouse, Lisa T. & Jimmy West of Coats; sons & spouses, Scott & Angela Tripp and Derek & Trisha Tripp, all of Coats; sisters & spouses, Gerri & Clawson Hicks of Pine Knoll Shores, Edith & Jim Singleton of Sneads Ferry, Delores & John Teel of Raleigh, and Pam & Jerry Stoops of Dunn; 7 grandchildren, Courtney West, Tyler Tripp, Justin West, Matthew Tripp, Lauren Tripp, Josh Tripp, and Cassidy Tripp; and 1 great grandson, Tripp Toler.
Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats from 1:00PM to 1:45PM Tuesday prior to the service and other times at the home of Pam & Jerry Stoops, 2648 Friendly Road, Dunn, NC.