Johnny Pippins

Johnny Wayne Pippins, 55, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 2, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ken Davidson officiating. Interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery with Bijon Anvar, Johnny Anvar, Joshua Ryan Pippins, Joseph Rangel, Donnie Spooner, and Greg Wynn serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 2, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home, prior to the funeral service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mr. Pippins was born October 25, 1957 in Bainbridge, GA. He was a painter and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his daughter, Mandy Pippins and her fiancé, Jonathan Criswell, of Thomasville, GA; his sons, Michael Pippins of Thomasville, GA and Lucas Phillips of Seminole County, GA; his brothers, Dell Pippins, Jr. and his wife, Mary Lou, of Bainbridge, GA and Ralph Randall Pippins of Bainbridge, GA; his sisters, Lujane Brackin and her husband, Tim, of Brinson, GA, Beverly Castanon and her husband, Jesus, of Donalsonville, GA, Barbara Adams and her husband, Paul Adams, Jr., of Bainbridge, GA; his stepfather, Gary Larson of Bainbridge, GA; and his four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Dellwood Pippins, Sr.; his mother, Opal Lee Clinton Pippins Larson; and his brother, Charles Pippins.