Virginia Louise Pipkin, 89, of Pocola, OK our beloved Mother & Grandmother was taken home to her Lord and Savior on Monday, January 23, 2012. Virginia was born November 12, 1922 in Fort Smith, AR to Omer Lewis & Nell Ewing (Moore) Weaver. Virginia was a homemaker. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Pocola. Virginia was a former United Methodist Lay Leader, Lay Delegate to the Oklahoma United Methodist Annual Conference for many years, a former member of the United Methodist Women, a substitute school teacher, and a Cub Scout Den Mother. Her husband Rev. Morris B. Pipkin preceded her in death, as well as one brother, Jesse Ross Weaver, two sisters, Elizabeth Christian and Patricia; and grandson, Roy Leon Walker Jr.
Survivors include her daughters & sons in law, Betty Ann & Roy Walker of Pocola, OK, Jean & Charles Henderson of Bokoshe, OK, Col. Nancy Clark of Ft. Smith, AR, Karen & Major James R. Schmid of Lacey, WA; sons & daughters in law, M. Bruce Jr. & Nita Pipkin of Poteau, OK, Jonathan & Tracie Pipkin of Duncan, OK; 12 grandchildren, Dr. Mary Caroline Henderson Holmboe (Andy) of Edmond, OK, Brian Walker of Suwanee, GA, Royce Walker of Greenville, TX, Sally Henderson of Bokoshe, OK, USMC Cpt. Matthew Pipkin (Carissa) of Joshua Tree, CA, USN Lt. Cole Pipkin (Whitney) of Anacortes, WA, 1st Lt. Wesley Pipkin of El Paso, TX, Amanda Broadfoot (Danny) of Oklahoma City, OK, Winnifred Pipkin, Ross Pipkin, Theadora Pipkin all of Duncan, OK, Jonathan Schmid of Lacey, WA., and 3 great grandchildren, Juliet Holmboe of Edmond, OK, Grant Walker of GA, Mason Broadfoot of Oklahoma City, OK; 1 sister, Mable Warnock of Arkoma, OK.
Services will be 2 pm, Friday, January 27, 2012 at the United Methodist Church in Pocola Interment will follow in Macedonia Cemetery, Pocola. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandsons, Brian Walker, Royce Walker, Matthew Pipkin, Cole Pipkin, Wesley Pipkin, Ross Pipkin, Jonathan Schmid.
The family will be at the funeral home in Pocola on Thursday evening from 6-8 pm to visit with relatives & friends. Evans & Miller Funeral Home at Pocola.