Tippie, Jimmy Dale Jr.

age 27, of Wyandotte Okla died Oct 7, 2002, at his home after a sudden illness. Born Jun 25, 1975, in Muskogee Okla to Jimmy Dale Tippie, Sr. and Cora Townsley Tippie. Lived in the Quapaw Okla area for 10 years. Married Tammie Ball on March 3, 2002, in Bentonville Arkansas, she survives. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery in Galena Kansas.

A rural Wyandotte man died about 31 hours after leaving a Joplin Missouri hospital where he had sought treatment after being kicked in the abdomen by a horse. ... Medical examiners listed a provisional cause of death as gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to trauma. ..investigators describe a "half circle shaped bruise on Tippie's left lower abdomen, just under the beltline." The report said that the bruise was consistent with a mark that would be left by a horse's kick. ... Tippie had walked in the Joplin hospital for treatment and was given a full-body computerized axial tomography or CAT scan. He was also given a series of blood tests before being released at 8:17 pm Saturday...at home he began vomiting and complaining of stomach pain, but decided to wait to seek further medical attention until Monday morning after he dropped his children off at school, the report said. ...both ambulances services responded to a 911 call from Tippie's wife at about 2:40 am Monday. When they arrived at the Tippie home, Jimmy Tippie was lying on the bathroom floor. He was unconscious and unresponsive, according to the investigative report.