Emma Jean Pace Pippin, 92, died Sunday, September 23, 2018. Emma Jean Pace Pippin was born in Wake County to the late Percy Page Pace and Middie Lucille Green Pace. She graduated from Duke University in 1946 and, following her passion, spent a long career educating the students of Laurinburg, Middlesex, Wakelon, and Zebulon High Schools in English. Emma Jean was immensely dedicated to her faith at Wakefield Central Baptist Church and was proud to serve in many leadership roles over the years including Woman’s Missionary Union director and choir director. Emma Jean was preceded in death by her loving and devoted husband, Harold Edmond Pippin, and her great-grandchildren Maxwell Thomas Yeazel and Helen Catherine Yeazel.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Friday, September 28, at Wakefield Central Baptist Church in Zebulon, North Carolina, with the Rev. Keith Wagner and Dr. Mike Boone officiating. Burial will follow in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens
She is survived by her three children, Mary Lou Murphy (Harold) of Louisburg, Harold Edmond (Eddie) Pippin Jr. (Ginger) of Myrtle Beach, SC, and Nancy Jean Ballard (Steve) of Zebulon, and her grandchildren, Melissa Murphy Yeazel (Bryan), Rebeccah Pippin-Rayfield (Tony), Melanie Pippin, Lauren Massey (Melissa), Josh Ballard, and Megan Ballard, and her great-grandchildren, Austin Harden, Brianna Nelms, TJ Rayfield, Jeslyn McKenzie, Dallas McKenzie, Jeremy Nelms, Colin Yeazel, and Reid Yeazel.
The family would like to express their sincere gratitude and appreciation to the staff at Avendelle Assisted Living on Lazy River in Raleigh and to Heartland Hospice of Raleigh.
The family will graciously accept flowers or memorial contributions may be made to Wakefield Central Baptist Church Mission Fund, 308 Proctor St., Zebulon, NC 27597.
The family will receive friends from 6-8:00 pm Thursday at Strickland Funeral Home, 211 W. Third Street, Wendell, and other times at her home in Zebulon.
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Such a beautiful woman with a heavenly spirit always. She will be missed by so many. What a day of rejoicing it has been in her heavenly home!
Mary Lou & Melissa: We are so sorry for your loss. Keeping you & your loved ones in our thoughts/prayers. In deepest sympathy, Eileen & Mike Williams
She was a wonderful teacher and mentor.
God bless the family. I was a student of Mrs. Pippin. She definitely was a good teacher.
We pray for you. God has given you a wonderful heritage. We have benn neighbors for over 60 years. What a blessed couple. Great examples for us all. Shannon & Zelma Scott
When your heart is empty,filling it with happy memories can help.
I knew Ms. Emma for just a short part of her life, but I will miss her dearly . She was a beautiful and smart lady who I will never forget .
I want to express my heart felt sympathy to you and the family. God is there for you and the family he knows you and the families inner most feelings and even discerns every inclination of thoughts so he knows how you and the family is feeling. (1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Samuel 16:6,7) God eyes are on the righteous and his ears listen to their supplication. (1 Peter 3:12) God is love and soon by means of the Kingdom in the Lord’s Prayer the dead will be brought back to life here on earth to live forever. (Mattew 6:9,19; Acts 24:15; 1 John 4:8)
I am just learning of Mrs. Pippin’s death . I have such fond memories of Mrs. Pippin at Wakelon High School. I was honored to serve as Mrs. Pippin’s teacher assistant at her special request. I loved making bulletin boards for her classroom. I have dreamed of Mrs. Pippin on several occasions through the years, always the same dream that I had missed so many days during the school year due to various reasons although I rarely missed a day in reality, I would be held back to repeat the school year. It was Mrs. Pippin that always came to my rescue, appearing before the board and vouching for my ability to move up even with the missed days. I have such great respect for Mrs. Pippin. The confidence she placed in my abilities made a lasting impression upon me and I shall never forget all the encouragement and kindness she shared with me. May the memories of this beautiful lady fill your hearts with joy as you mourn her loss.
I am just learning of Mrs. Pippin’s death . I have such fond memories of Mrs. Pippin at Wakelon High School. I was honored to serve as Mrs. Pippin’s teacher assistant at her special request. I loved making bulletin boards for her classroom. I have dreamed of Mrs. Pippin on several occasions through the years, always the same dream that I had missed so many days during the school year due to various reasons although I rarely missed a day in reality, I would be held back to repeat the school year. It was Mrs. Pippin that always came to my rescue, appearing before the board and vouching for my ability to move up even with the missed days. I have such great respect for Mrs. Pippin. The confidence she placed in my abilities made a lasting impression upon me and I shall never forget all the encouragement and kindness she shared with me. May the memories of this beautiful lady fill your hearts with joy as you mourn her loss.
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