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Tribute to My Father by Shirley Stipe
Shirley Stipe of Dixie Georgia honors her late father John Stipe a photojournalist with a June magazine essay What Father Means to Me She recalls his warmth faith and the life lessons he gave through photography and family values The Stipe family lived on Rebel Ranch a 600 acre farm near Dixie with five siblings and a close-knit household Shirley is a junior at Brooks County High School where she serves as Student Council photographer and Thespian Club reporter She is active in the Quitman United Methodist Church MYF and earned First Class Girl Scout status with 120 hours of camping training she will return as Piney Woods Camp counselor this summer
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Shirley Stipe
Dixie
American Girl
Girl Scouts of America
Shirley
John Stipe
Times-Enterprise
Florida Times-Union
Brooks County High School
Thespian Club
North Carolina Mountains
Flint River Council
Piney Woods Camp