Obituary of Joseph Pipkin

EC Pipkin Joseph R. Pipkin Resident of Elizabeth City, NC Joseph R. Pipkin, 79, of 207 Hastings Lane, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Pasquotank County, NC, son of the late Ralph Vester and Annie Rogerson Pipkin. He was a retired roofer and served in the Merchant Marines. Mr. Pipkin is survived by two sons, Jeffrey Joe Pipkin of Champlin, MN, and Jerry Joe Pipkin of Jacksonville, FL; three sisters, Margaret Sawyer of Camden, NC, Clarine Pastorius of Kissimmee, FL, and Lorene Walters of Elizabeth City, NC; three brothers, R. Kendrick Pipkin of Elizabeth City, NC, Henry C. Pipkin of Greenville, NC, and Nathan E. ‘Pete’ Pipkin of Greenville, NC; eleven grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Besides his parents, Mr. Pipkin was preceded in death by a daughter, Jo Ann Harrell and a brother, David Pipkin. A funeral service will be Friday, April 29, 2005 at 11:00 am in Twiford’s Northside Chapel with the Rev. Kelly Lacy officiating. Burial will be in West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Following the service the family will receive friends at the funeral home and at other times at the residence of the sister, Lorene Walters, 207 Hastings Lane, Elizabeth City, NC. Twiford’s Northside Chapel, 1115 North Road Street, Elizabeth City, NC, is in charge of funeral arrangements. To sign the online guest register, visit www.twifordfh.com.