Kings County Biographies


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G. BARRE PHIPPS.
 
        Among those who have, by their upright lives and appreciated service to 
the public along the line of their professions; gained the confidence and 
respect of their fellow citizens, specific mention should be made of G. Barre 
Phipps, who conducts an up-to-date undertaking establishment in Lemoore. He was 
born in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada, on the 29th day of November, 1879, and 
received his educational training in the public schools of his native town. In 
1896, at the age of seventeen years, he came to Kings county and for a time was 
employed on ranches in this vicinity. Later he engaged in farming on his own 
account near Stringtown, but subsequently was variously employed until 1913, 
when he started to learn the undertaking business with Clarence Rice, in 
Hanford. Eventually he formed a partnership with Mr. Rice, under the firm name 
of Rice & Phipps, in Lemoore. The business was successful and three years later 
Mr. Phipps purchased his partner's interest and has since conducted the business 
alone. He has, by his courteous manner and efforts to meet the wants of his 
patrons, made a good impression on the community and has handled his full share 
of the local business in his line. Tactful, kind and painstaking in a profession 
where such elements are fully appreciated, he has been generally commended by 
those who have had dealings with him.
        Mr. Phipps was married in December, 1902, to Miss Lena Beaver, who was 
born and reared in Salinas, Monterey county, California, and they are the 
parents of three children : Glenn, Spencer and Marjorie.
        On February 23, 1918, Mr. Phipps was made an American citizen and on 
that same date he was appointed deputy county coroner, which position he still 
fills. He has taken an active interest in local affairs and is a member of the 
Lemoore Commercial Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He is affiliated with the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a past noble grand of the Lemoore Lodge, 
and is also secretary of the Odd Fellows Hall Association. He belongs to the 
Masonic lodge in Lemoore and to the Knights of Pythias in Hanford.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926.
p. 542
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler