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Submitted: 11/12/20 • Approved: 11/13/20 • Last Updated: 11/16/20 • R827264-G827262-S3
Hazel
23 Jun 1900 - 28 Oct 1981
William
14 Dec 1897 - 23 Nov 1979
Hazel Pippin, 81. Springfield, died Oct. 28 in her home after a long illness. Mrs. Pippin was a Sparta resident most of her life, having moved to Springfield in 1973: With her late husband, Roy, she operated the general store at Pippinville for several years. She was a member of Mount Zion Baptist church. Survivors include two sons, Dewayne and Dwight both of Springfield; two daughters, Mrs. Alvenia Moore, Battle Creek, Mich., and Mrs. Juanita Hicks, Rogersville; two brothers, Dewey Johns, Springfield, and Roy Johns, Sparta; four sisters, Mrs. Ruth St. John, Mrs. Lela Robison and Mrs. Lula Ladd, all of Sparta, and Mrs. Cleo Cowan, Upland, Calif.; eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services were held Oct. 31 in Harris Chapel, Ozark, with the Rev. Junior Swadley officiating. Burial was in Linden Cemetery. Hazel was daughter of John Leroy "Salt" Johns and Bertha Douglas.
Services for Roy Pippin, 81, of 667 S, Fairway, were held Sunday in Harris Chapel in Ozark with the Rev, Lynn Swadley officiating. Burial was in Linden Cemetery. Mr. Pippin was dead on arrival Friday at St. John's Regional Health Center after a long illness. A native of eastern Christian County, Mr. Pippin operated a general store and was an electrician in the Pippinville community northwest of Sparta. He had lived in Springfield since 1973 and was a member of the Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Hazel; two sons, Dewey Dewayne and Johnny Dwight, both of Springfield; two daughters, Mrs. Alvenia Moore, Battle Creek, Mich. and Juanita Smith, Rogersville; a half-brother, Kirby Maggard, Huntsville, Ark.; eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Roy was son of Alice Orlanda Pippin. It was amusing that Roy and Hazel put a sign saying "Pippinville" along the highway pointing up the road to their general store.
Contributed on 11/12/20 by mhpinkley
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