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Submitted: 5/11/21 • Approved: 5/11/21 • Last Updated: 5/14/21 • R417907-G413531-S3
Lecie
June 11, 1922 - Nov 28, 2009
Ormal
July 4, 1913 - Mar 20, 1989
Married 1939
*Obituary
Funeral services for Lecie Elizabeth Pippin Rhoades will be 9 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at Taylor Street Church of Christ, with Dee A. Cochran officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. A viewing will take place on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at Brownfield Funeral Home from 2 to 3 p.m. with a 4 p.m. burial at Terry County Memorial Cemetery in Brownfield.
Arrangements are under the direction of Chapel of Hope Funeral Home of Hobbs.
Mrs. Rhoades, 87, died on Nov. 28, 2009, at Lea Regional Hospital in Hobbs, N.M. She was born on July 11, 1922 in Gause, Texas. She married Elmore "Dusty" Rhoades on June 29, 2001, in Hobbs. She was a member of Taylor Street Church of Christ.
Lecie was born on June 11, 1922 in Gause, Texas and was raised in Union, Texas. As the bride of O.A. Pippin, she moved to Tokio, Texas, in 1939 to farm until his death in 1989. During her 60 plus years in Tokio, she was an active member of the Hillside Church of Christ in Plains, Texas; Tahoka Rd. Church of Christ in Brownfield, Texas; and the Tokio Home Demonstration Club. One of Lecie's greatest joys was making a home for her family and a gathering place for family and friends. She had the biggest heart and a great love for people, especially her family.
Lecie is survived by her husband, Elmore "Dusty" Rhoades of Hobbs; four sons, Alfred Pippin and wife Bea of Tokio, Sidney Pippin and wife Diann of Denver City, Mike Pippin and wife Marie of Goldsmith, Texas, and Billy Rhoades of Santa Fe, N.M.; three daughters, Sherri Hatfield and husband Chris Embrey of Granbury, Texas, Mary Pearson and husband Mike of Hobbs, N.M. and Sandy Uhl and husband Gene of Albuquerque, N.M.; one daughter-in-law, Sandra Pippin of Lubbock; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ormal Pippin, in 1989; her parents, Sidney and Della Beck; seven brothers and two sisters; one son, John
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