On the evening of the assassination,
both Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
and the new President, Lyndon B. Johnson,
called Tippit's widow to
express their sympathies. Jacqueline
Kennedy wrote a letter expressing sorrow
for the bond they shared.
The plight of
Tippit's family also moved much of the
nation and a total of $647,579
was donated to them following the
assassination.
One of the
largest individual gifts was $25,000 that
Dallas businessman Abraham Zapruder
donated to Frances Tippit after selling
his film
of the president's
assassination to Life magazine.
A funeral service for Tippit was held on
November 25, 1963, at the Beckley Hills
Baptist Church, with the burial following
at Laurel Land
Memorial Park in
Dallas. His funeral was held on the same
day as those of both President Kennedy and
Lee Harvey Oswald
In January 1964, Tippit was posthumously
awarded the Medal of Valor from the
American Police Hall of Fame, and he also
received the
Police Medal of
Honor, the Police Cross, and the Citizens
Traffic Commission Award of Heroism. A
state historical marker to Officer Tippit
was unveiled
November 20, 2012, at the location where
the shooting occurred.
Tippit's widow married Dallas police
lieutenant Harry Dean Thomas in January
1967. They were married until his death in
1982.
Marie
Tippit later married Carl Flinner;
the marriage ended in divorce after which
Marie resumed using the surname of Tippit
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