Pippin obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Pippin, Jeanne Robichaux        24 Jul 2005    Jul 2005    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  7/24/2005

PIPPIN, JEANNE ROBICHAUX 
Mrs. Jeanne Robichaux Pippin, 96, of Morningside Assisted Living, Athens,
Ga., went to be with our Lord on Thursday, July 21, 2005. She was born in
Ponchatoula on Aug. 25, 1908, to Odon Lee and Virginia Donaldson Robichaux
and was the oldest of eight brothers and sisters. She received her RN from
Mercy Hospital in New Orleans and worked in New Orleans as a nurse
anesthetist until 1945. She lived in Birmingham, Ala., for many years and
nursed at the University of Alabama Hospital, Spain Rehabilitation Center
and the Eye Foundation Hospital, retiring in 1973. She was preceded in
death by her husband, James Wyatt Pippin formerly of Ozark and Birmingham,
Ala. She is survived by her sisters, Winona Higginbotham of Slidell and Mae
Delaune of Ponchatoula; two daughters, Jeannine Wing and husband Tom of
Athens and Hettie Johnson and her husband Bill of Hoover, Ala.; grand-
children, Natalie and Wyatt Johnson of Birmingham and Auburn, Ala., and
Jessica Wing Spivey; and great-grandchildren, Jordan and Taylor Spivey of
Savannah, Ga. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews who were very
special to her. She was active in volunteer work with Our Lady of Sorrows
Church and School, the Red Cross, Girl Scouts and YWCO, sharing her talents
in the areas of oil and china painting, porcelain and ceramics, sewing,
needlework, gardening and cooking. She was a long-time parishioner at Our
Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Birmingham and was most recently a
parishioner of The UGA Catholic Center. Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son
Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, on Monday, July 25, from 10 a.m. until 
12:45 p.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated by the Rev. Alfred Wilder,
O.P., at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ponchatoula at 1 p.m. Local
arrangements are being handled by Harry McKneely and Son Funeral Home in
Ponchatoula. Memorials may be made in the form of donations to Hammond
Strawberry Fields, 116 W. Thomas St., Hammond, LA 70401. Flowers are also
welcome. 

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