Appeared in the Macon County Times, August 26, 1965
Lafayette, Tennessee

OBITUARY FOR SAMUEL (SAMMY) EDGAR PIPKIN

“Sammy Edgar Pipkin, 86, a retired farmer of the Coleytown community 
(Lafayette, TN), died Saturday, August 21, 1965, at Janwynella Nursing 
Home after an illness of two weeks.

Funeral services were held Monday at Alexander Funeral Home, Lafayette, 
by Elder Goldman Davenport.  Burial was in the Liberty cemetery, 
Lafayette, Macon Co., TN.

He was a native of Macon County, son of Isaac and Melinda Marsh Pipkin.  
He was a member of the Liberty Missionary Baptist Church.

His wife, Mrs. Effie East Pipkin, died in 1949.

He is survived by four sons, Edgar Pipkin, Nashville; Carlos Pipkin, 
Detroit, Mich.; Fred Pipkin, Old Hickory; Dennis Pipkin, Lafayette; two 
daughters, Mrs. Ennis (Pearl) Coley, Lafayette; Mrs. Bert (Susie) Driver, 
Old Hickory; 13 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.”

His Pipkin ancestors were:
  John Sr., b. abt. 1675 – d. Dec. 1745 in Chowan Co., NC
    Jesse, b. abt. 1726 – d. abt. 1810 in Lenoir Co. NC
      Lewis S., b. 1762 in Dobbs Co. NC – d. 25 June 1814 in Smith Co. TN
        Isaac Carroll, b. 22 Nov. 1802,  d. 17 June 1884 in Macon Co. TN
	  William Carroll, b. 8 Oct. 1834 – d. 28 Feb. 1906 – Macon Co. TN
	    Isaac Jefferson, b. 27 Mar. 1855 – d. 11 Aug. 1897