Ferrell Nipp
Ferrell Nipp, 95, of Union City passed away 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, at the Obion County Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be conducted noon Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. The Rev. Kyle McClung will officiate. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until the hour of services Saturday.
Pallbearers will be Ricky Nipp, Johnny Crowley, Chris True, Craig True, Jackson Doss and Johnathon Doss.
Ferrell was born Sept. 20, 1928, in Obion County, son of the late Edward Arie Nipp Sr. and the late Kitty (Ferrell) Nipp. He married Sue (Gaddie) Nipp on Nov. 4, 1950. She preceded him in death Feb. 18, 2023.
Ferrell served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He retired from the former Reelfoot Packing Company after 42 years of service.
He is survived by one daughter, Vicki McClung and husband, Kyle, of Erie, Pa.; two sons, Bob Nipp and wife, Joyce, of Bartlett and Steven Nipp and wife, Wendi, of Union City; one sister, Maurice McKinnis of Union City; five grandchildren, Becky Hicks and husband, Bo, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Paul Nipp of Bellingham, Wash., Jennifer Crowley and husband, Johnny, of Madison, Ala., Rick Nipp of Paducah, Ky., and Kati Hankins of Erie, Pa.; and five great-grandchildren, Audrey Hicks, Charlie Hankins, Jack Crowley, Maddie Crowley and Bridget Crowley.
He was also preceded in death by a twin brother in infancy, Terrell Nipp; two other brothers, Charles Alton Nipp and Arie Nipp; and three sisters, Christine Swaney, Daurice Denton and Dorothy McCullough.
Published in The Messenger on 8.7.24