Robert Lynn Shipley, age 72, of Red Oak, Texas, passed away November 27, 2022. He was born January 22, 1950, to the late Thomas Shipley and Melba Burke. A lifelong resident of Bristol, he was raised by his grandparents, Alex and Jewell Burke.
He worked as a butcher in high school, graduating from Ferris in 1967. Robert always had an entrepreneurial mind and owned and operated the Bristol store, lat…