Funeral Services for Athlee Tipton Lambert, 100 of Plainview will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday December 5, 2011 at Bartley Memorial Chapel with Emmitt Tipton officiating. Burial will follow at Plainview Memorial Park. Visitation will be held 4:00-5:00 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. She died on Thursday December 1, 2011 in Plainview. She was born on October 1, 1911 in Running Water/Hale Co to Emmitt Tipton and Ela Edmonson Tipton. She was a retired realtor in Amarillo, TX. She was also one of the first women in Texas to receive her pilot's license. She loved fishing, her dogs and would sit and assist people in many nursing homes and private homes before hospice was in existence. Survivors include one brother, Horace Tipton of Dumas; three nephews, Emmitt Tipton and wife Glenda of Plainview, Kelvin Tipton and wife Kaye of Plainview, Drexel Tipton and wife Geneva of Plainview; two nieces, Nikki Branscum and husband Mark of Plainview, Elaine Heller of Arlington, TX. Online condolences may be made to bartleycares@gmail.com.