St. Clair County Obits

OLIVER PHILIP LAMPKIN

Clinton Daily Democrat
14 December 2004

Oliver Philip Lampkin, son of Claud Ward and Mary Maud (Oliver) Lampkin, was born December 9, 1909, on the farm where he resided most of his life in the Mt. Hope Community, where his boyhood friends also lived their lives. He died at age 94 on December 3, 2004, at Ellett Memorial Hospital in Appleton City.
Philip attended Browning and Enterprise, one-room school houses, graduated from Appleton City High School in 1927 and attended Central College in Fayette for one year.
July 27, 1933, he was united in marriage to Laura Tacy Raybourn and to this union two daughters, Phyllis Sue and Linda Jane were born. Philip and Tacy celebrated their 50th anniversary with friends in 1983. They enjoyed each other's company until her death on December 5, 1986.
He enjoyed the ball games and 4-H events of his grandchildren, Kim Diehl, Sydney Burch and Mignon Diehl, as they grew up. He has especially enjoyed the redheaded great-grandsons, Dane, Dirk and Cale Diehl and Ian Burch, and a granddaughter, Clair Tacy Burch. Through the years Philip was very civic-minded, serving as president of the Appleton City Alumni Association, the A.C. Businessman's Service Club, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative, A. C. Fair Board and the First Christian Church where he had been a member for 78 years. He was also a member of Optimist International, Appleton City Masonic Lodge #412 AF&AM for 70 years, York Rite and Ararat Shrine Temple where he was honored to serve as a Special Potential Aide. Philip was a stockman raising registered Hereford cattle for many years.
He and his brother, Charles, owned and operated Lampkin Brothers Grain Company in Appleton City for 20 years. Even as Philip was well into his 80's he continued to feed cattle until he really retired. Through the years he enjoyed Missouri football by traveling to Columbia on Saturdays during the fall and to several New Year's bowl games to see the Tigers play ball. Philip enjoyed seeing his many friends around town that ranged in age from the young to his age. He told and listened to stories and always enjoyed talking about the Democratic Party, sports and the local news.
Philip was preceded in death by his parents, wife and brother. Survivors include his daughters Phyllis and husband Raymond Diehl, Butler, and Linda Lampkin of the home; three grandchildren, Kim Diehl of Butler, Sydney Burch of Lee's Summit, and Mignon Diehl of Ft. Worth, Texas; nieces, Tacy Fancile Watkins of Kansas City, Kansas, Patricia Kerr of Midland, Texas and Claudia Lampkin of Nevada. Funeral services were at First Christian Church, Appleton City, Wednesday, December 8, 10:30 a.m. Rev. Carl Radford and Rev. Tony Reynolds officiated. Pallbearers were Kim Lampkin Diehl, Eddie Harold, Wayne Burch, Don Donnohue, Craig Watkins and Kent Gilmore.
Burial was in Appleton City Cemetery.