Jeffrey Pippins

BERNIE - Jeffrey Lynn Pippins, 45, died May 11, 2005, in the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter.

Born Jan. 24, 1960, at St. Charles, Ill., son of Verlean Marie Craft Pippins of the home and the late Arthur Alta Pippins, he had served in the U.S. Army, was a construction worker and had attended the First Pentecostal Church of Bernie.

Survivors in addition to his mother include: one son, Donald Allen Pippins of the state of North Carolina; one daughter, Rebecca Marie Pippins of Fredricktown; three brothers, Phillip Pippins of Arnold, Gregory Pippins of Dexter and Steven Kirk Pippins of Bernie; four sisters, Bonnie Mitchem of Ironwood, Mich., Barbara Lamar of Malden, Lisa Mahlum of Bernie and Linda Aguilar of the state of California; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Gary Michael Boyt and Randall Evan Pippins.

Visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie until time for services at 1 p.m.

Burial will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.