Jerry Phipps

Funeral services for Mrs. Geraldine "Jerry" Phipps, age 87 of Cookeville, will be held Tuesday, April 11th at 4 p.m. at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Rev. Benjamin Crabtree, Rev. Steve Thornton, Rev. Jeff Crabtree and Rev. David Crow will officiate. Mrs. Phipp's family will receive friends Monday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and again Tuesday from 2 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. She died Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Bethesda Health Care Center. She was born February 17, 1930 in the Sand Springs Community of Putnam County to the late Willie Franklin and Armenda Jackson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by daughter-in-law, Sharon Diane Phipps; grandson, Chad Philip Crabtree; and by her 11 brothers and sisters. Jerry loved her Lord and Savior and especially enjoyed the flowers and birds that He created. A devoted homemaker, she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a longtime member of Cookeville Free Will Baptist Church. She is survived by her adoring family, her husband of 70 years, Shirley Phipps; daughters, Ronna (Mark) Johnson of Cookeville and Donna (Jeff) Crabtree of New Brunswick, Canada; son, Rick (Kay) Phipps of Knoxville; six grandchildren and fourteen grandchildren. Jason Phipps, Jonathon Phipps, Eric Crabtree, Jim Gaw, Bill Hicks and Timmy Leonard will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearer will be Mark Johnson. Memorial contributions may be made to Caney Fork Baptist Church, 2396 Hwy 70 East, Cookeville, TN 38506, Welch College, P.O. Box 479, Gallatin, TN 37066, and/or St. Jude Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142.. Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931)526-6111. You may share your thoughts and memories at www.hhhfunerals.com