Mrs. Barbara Jean Starkey Pippin, age 57, of Forrest City, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, at Crestpark Nursing Home in Forrest City.
Mrs. Pippin was born April 11, 1946, in Forrest City, the daughter of Calvin Starkey Sr. and Vera Jane Milton Starkey. She lived in Forrest City for most of her life, was a housewife and a Baptist.
Mrs. Pippin married William Howard Pippin in 1984 and he survives her along with a son, George Phillip Starkey of Michigan; two daughters, Amy Charmain Nickerson and Michelle Diane Tennant, both of Michigan; three brothers, Calvin Starkey Jr. of Birdeye, Robert Lee Starkey and James Starkey, both of Forrest City; four sisters, Elizabeth Barnett of Forrest City, Lola Mae Ethridge and Mary Ann Cofield, both of Colt and Martha Herman of Florida, and eight grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Pippin will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Steven Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held graveside on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, at 3 p.m., at Forrest Park Cemetery.
Our beloved Ann Davis Nickle Tillman of Hot Springs died Sunday,
January 11, after a brief illness.
Born in Hughes, Arkansas in 1923 to Robert & Stella Nickle.
Ann attended Sullins College in Bristol, VA, and then completed
her baccalaureate at the University of Arkansas where she was
an active Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority member and broke many a heart.
Following graduation, she returned to the family plantation as
the bookkeeper. Later, Ann began her teaching career at an elementary
school in Crawfordsville, AR.
She was swept off her feet at a Tom Nix Rodeo by the dashing
Rodney V. Tillman and married in 1951. As they say, this was only
the beginning. During their 52 years of marriage, Ann & Rodney
had three sons: Davis Tillman the Baron deAbilia (a purchased
title), Ann's Middle Boy, the multi-talented Mark Tillman, and
finally, the father of her grandchildren, the entrepreneur extraordinaire,
Nick Tillman, who after searching the world found and married
his own Homecoming Queen Ann McCombs.
Ann and Rodney moved to Hot Springs in 1982 to open Tillman's
Antiques and Collectibles.
She was a devoted Grandmother to Brittany Ann, Madison Nickle,
and Alayna Davis Tillman. Ann always said she could never have
a favorite grandchild because they all shared her name.
Proceeded in death by her parents, her sister Mary Frances
Biggs, and brothers Karl and Robert Nickle. She is survived by
her loving husband and sons, her sister Amanda Wise of Hughes,
AR, her brother Cliff Nickle of Philadelphia, MS, her bossy daughter-in-law,
and three as yet, unspoiled granddaughters, the unexplained Stockton
Briggle and numerous relatives who were all loved, but not mentioned
in the will.
The memorial service will be conducted by Rev. David Wilson at 11:30 am, Thursday, January 15th, at the First United Methodist Church at 1100 Central Ave., Hot Springs. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the First United Methodist Church of Hot Springs or the charity of your choice. Join us for a celebration of Ann's life.