Ms. Bonnie Ruth Pipkin, age 81 of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Friday, January 30, 2015, at the Dyer Nursing Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Pipkin will be conducted on Sunday, February 1, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Dyer with Bro. Mark Kirkpatrick officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery of Dyer.
Ms. Pipkin was born August 21, 1933, in Perry County, Tennessee; the daughter of the late Hubbard and Osie Ola Carroll. She retired from Wis-Consin Motors where she worked in the sub-assembly department.
Ms. Pipkin is survived by her daughter, Karen Freeman and spouse, Ricky; her son, David Pipkin and spouse, Patricia; five grandchildren, Denise Kelly, Becky Stafford, Lisa Schweich, Adam Pipkin and Daniel Pipkin; nine great-grandchildren, Gracie Terry, Sarah Harrison, Grant Kelly, Hannah Walters, Arjay Terry, Gunner Walters, Gavin Schweich, Willow Stafford, and Levi Schweich; three brothers, Willard Carroll, Billy Carroll, and Charles L. Carroll.
She was preceded in death by three daughters, Janice Ruth Pipkin, Carol Ann Pipkin, and Billie Nell Pipkin; one sister, Betty Davidson; and three brothers, Donny Carroll, Wilton Carroll, and Jackie Carroll.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 1, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. until service time at 2:00 p.m. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Ms. Bonnie Ruth Carroll Pipkin.