Mrs. W. O. (Margaret) Pippen, 95, of Sandersville, MS, went to be with her Lord on September 29, 2017. She was born in Jones County on December 4, 1921.

Visitation will be held at Memory Chapel Funeral Home on Tuesday, October 3, 2017; from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Memory Chapel on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. Bro. Donnie Parker and Bro. Bill Bolton will officiate. Burial will be held at Sharon Cemetery where she will be laid to rest beside her beloved husband.

Music for the funeral will be provided by mother's dear friends Ann Hickson, Mark Robinson, and the congregation who will be led by Bob White, who directed mother in her last cantata at age 91.

Pallbearers will be some special people that mother loved dearly, Wayne Hickson; Jamie Hickson; Matthew Maddox; and grandsons Clay Sellers, Jonathan Pippen, and Chip McLaurin.

She had been a resident of Comfort Care for four months, but prior to that she lived in Sandersville for more than forty years where she was affectionately known as the "flag lady" or "Prissy."

Mother was not only famous for her chocolate pies and pudding, but also for her banana pudding, and caramel and chocolate cakes that she all made from scratch.

Mother took her role as a pastor's wife seriously. She served alongside our father in churches in north and south Mississippi, and in Alabama.

Mother was preceded in death by our father, the dear love of her life for 56 years, W.O. Pippen. She was also preceded in death by her granddaughter Kari McLaurin, or Kari-poo to mother. Her parents, James Marcus and Jessie Maybelle Pierce, four brothers and seven sisters also preceded her death.

Mother is survived by her daughter, Barbara (Baylis) Sellers of Laurel, MS; her son, David (Faye) Pippen of Bay Springs, MS; her daughter Kathy (Charles) McLaurin of Petal, MS; four grandchildren, Clay Sellers (Adrianna), Jonathan Pippen (Amanda J ), Chip McLaurin, and Amanda McCarty (Joel); fourteen great grandchildren, Allison Strickland, Eric Stillwell, Kisa Miller, Trey, Colton, Conner, and Jessica McLaurin, Cassie Sellers, Jadyn, Jake, and Jon Truman Pippen, Bailey, Emily McCarty, Benjie Carney; and two great-great grandchildren, Harvey and Holly Strickland, her best friend and last living sister, Ellen Lowe. She also leaves numerous nieces, nephews, and many special, loving friends.

Our family would like to express out gratitude to the staff at Comfort Care in Laurel, MS for their compassion shown during Mothers stay there.