OBITUARY

David James Pipkin

March 8, 1991

 

 

David James Pipkin, 50, died Wednesday, March 6, 1991.  Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel with the Rev. M.B. Smith, retired Baptist minister, and Dean Whatley Jr., minister of Mary Ellen & Harvester Church of Christ, officiating.  Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Pipkin was born on April 15, 1940, in Pampa and was a lifelong resident of Pampa.  He married Barbara Jean Coffee on Oct. 5, 1974, at Pampa.  He owned and operated Pipkin Service Station, retiring in 1973.  He worked for Hoechst Celanese for 4 ½ years. 

Survivors include his wife, Barbara, of the home; his mother, Connie Faye Pipkin of Pampa; a brother-in-law, Bennie Ray Coffee of Pampa; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. B.T. Coffee; and two nephews and a niece. 

The family requests memorials be made to Hospice of Pampa, High Plains Children’s Home or to a favorite charity.