Lila Hipps Sandlin

Asheville - Lila Hipps Sandlin, 88, formerly of County Home Road, died Sunday, March 28, 2004 in the WNC Baptist Retirement Home. A native of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Bebley and Addie Cowan Hipps and wife of the late Fuller “Pete” Sandlin, who died in 1997. She is survived by two daughters, Joyce S. Houston, and her husband Harold, of Marshall and Alice S. Burgess, and her husband Bradley, of Key Largo, Fla.; a son, Gary E. Sandlin of Westminster, SC; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She also is survived by her brother, Billy Hipps of Concord and was preceded in death by her sister, Ethel Hipps. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue conducted by the Rev. Ray Hipps. Burial will follow in Green Hills Cemetery. Her family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service on Tuesday and at other times will be at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Houston.