DAILY TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1961 REV. SIPES SUCCUMBS AT HOSPITAL PASTOR OF CHRIST TEMPLE FOR 24 YEARS; RITES TO BE MONDAY Rev. J. L. Sipes, long time Bedford minister and bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, passed away at 9 p.m. Thursday at the Dunn Memorial Hospital. Rev. Sipes had been in the ministerial work for over 40 years and had been pastor of the Christ Temple Pentecostal Church of Bedford for 24 years. He was also the chairman of the Northern District Council of Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. The 68-year-old pastor and resident of 518 U street, was born September 26, 1893 in Martin County, the son of William and Mary E. Schooley Sipes. He was united in marriage October 22, 1915 to Ruth Ann White, who survives. Other survivors include one son, Chester Sipes of Bedford; four daughters, Mrs. Harold (Pearl) Douthit of Edinburg, Mrs. Charles (Lola) Tucker of Middletown, Mrs. Lee (Vivian) Spicer of Bloomington, and Mrs. Glenn (Louise) Craig of Edinburg; ten grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four brothers, Harley, Ira, Cash and Roy, all of Shelbyville, Indiana; and four sisters, Mrs. Willard Lewis of Bedford, Mrs. Lona Sipes of Indianapolis, Mrs. James Bennett of Bloomington and Mrs. Stanley Sipes. Two sisters and one brother preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Christ Temple Pentecostal Church, East Fifteenth street. Burial will be in the Cresthaven Memorial Park under the direction of the Day & carter Mortuary. The body will lie in state at the Christ Temple Pentecostal Church from 1 p.m. Monday until the funeral hour. Friends may call at the Day & Carter Mortuary after noon Saturday.