John Edward Pipkins

JOHN "JP" PIPKINS was born January 15, 1951, in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia to the parentage Mark Pipkins and Sallie Bell Pipkins.

John accepted Christ at an early age.

He was educated in the Bibb County School System and was a graduate of Central High School.

John was a very diligent worker. He worked in many compacities. He started at Mercer as a full-time custodian at Mercer University in 1971. In 1973, John was hired at Borden Dairy Company as a Production Supervisor for eighteen (18) years and worked part-time at Bibb Mill in the late seventies.  In October of 1989, John was hired at Brown and Williamson Tabacco Company in the Shipping Department where he retired after seventeen (17) years.

John was united in Holy Matrimony to the love of his life, the former Cynthia Houston on November 17, 1976.  Their marriage was filled with love and laughter. This union produced two children. Together they raised five children.

John's hobbies included rebuilding and repairing cars, for which he was well known. He had so much passion for the work he did. He loved the opportunity of helping someone in resolving an issue or repairing their vehicle. John met so many friends from his knowledge and skills of automotives.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Ida Higgins and Gracie Royal; one great-granddaughter, Zyrea Madison; one son, John Pipkins, Jr; and a granddaughter, Hatima Wilkins.

John leaves to cherish his precious memories, a devoted wife, Cynthia Pipkins; three sons, Christopher Hansford Nathan (Samencia) Pipkins and Maurice Madison; two daughters, Marie Pipkins and Telisa Pipkins; one godson, Robert Johnson; two goddaughters, Monica Johnson and Kentaya Haywood, all of Macon, GA; nineteen grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Leon (Gloria) Houston; three sisters-in-law, Gwendolyn (Otis) Milton, Geraldine Anderson of Macon, GA and Carolyn Houston of Atlanta, GA; devoted nieces and nephews, Pastor Brenda (Vincent) Hopper of Browns Summit, NC, Minister Gwen Davis and Carlton Higgins of Macon, GA and Lewis (Alana Royal III of Jacksonville, FL; two devoted cousins, Dr. Johnnv
L. (Virginia) Houston of Elizabeth City, NC and Willie James (Dina) Harden of Jacksonville, FL; special family friends, Johnny Ray Hudson, Roosevelt Faulks, Marcus Carswell and Larry Jones; a host of other nieces; nephews; cousins; and friends.

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