DixieLee Tripp

SANFORD, N. C. - We are made up of the moments that take our breath away. DixieLee (Reed) Tripp lived a life full of those moments. A wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, DixieLee was a woman of many talents and an imagination that was contagious.

DixieLee left the confines of this world on July 7, 2023, at her home in Sanford, N.C. She went peacefully at the age of 86 with her family by her side.

DixieLee was born to V. Glaze and A. Dorinda (Riessen) Reed on April 6,

1937, in Osmond, where she graduated

from Osmond High School with the Class of 1954. She married Robert

Tripp from Lake George, N. Y. in 1959 and raised three children. DixieLee put her college career aside to raise her family, but later went back to college at the age of 40 at Northeast Community College in Norfolk and later graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from the former Dana College in Blair. She competed in forensic competitions at the local, state, and national levels, earning numerous awards and recog- nition. She went on to complete a master of arts degree at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion. DixieLee was preceded in death by her loving husband, Robert Tripp; two of her sisters, Sharon Andreason and Charmain Gleason, and her parents, V. Glaze and A. Dorinda Reed. She leaves behind a sister, Alaska Reed; a son, Kyle Tripp of Pasco, WA; two daughters, Wendy Tripp of Sanford, N.C., and Lt. Col. (Ret) Hillary Luton of Spring Lake, N.C.; a grandson, Kristin Tripp, and two great-grandchildren. The family will not be holding services for DixieLee at this time. A private memorial will take place next year with family. The family requests that instead of flowers, memorial donations be sent to any of the following chari - ties: St. Jude's Children's Hospital, the Salvation Army, Samaritan's Purse, or Tunnels to Towers.