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Lura ‘Lou’ Alice Pipkin

KERMIT — Lura “Lou” Alice (Gandy) Pipkin, a long time Kermit 
resident went from this life to enter into eternal life with
 her Lord on Thursday, September 11, 2003. Lou had been a 
resident of Kermit for 67 years. She was born November 11, 1910
 in Woodford, Carter County, OK, to George Wesley and 
Ivy Mae (Bryant) Gandy.
Lou attended Healdton schools and graduated in 1929. She went on
 to attend Business College in Ardmore, OK, where, upon graduation,
 she married Garvice Delmer “Buster” Pipkin in Ardmore in 1933.
 Lou and Buster moved to West Texas in 1936 and took up residency 
in Kermit. Together, they started GD “Buster” Pipkin Trucking 
Company in 1945. Lou’s primary job was to take care of all the
 bookkeeping. After retiring from the trucking business, Lou 
started work as a sales clerk for Owen’s Jewelry and Cone’s 
Jewelry in Kermit until her retirement in 1984.
Lou was a charter member of the First United Methodist Church
 of Kermit and was a founding member and Treasurer for the Builders 
Sunday School Class for many years. She served on the Building 
Committee for the new Sanctuary in 1958 and for the Educational 
Building in 1963. Lou was also an active member of the UMW and 
the Methodist Women’s Guild. She enjoyed quilting and was a 
needlepoint artist.
One of the biggest highlights of Lou’s life was when she and 
Buster built their new home in 1955. Lou oversaw most of the 
construction and completion of the home. She also enjoyed going 
back to Healdton each August for the Old Timer’s Reunion.
Lou was preceded in death by her husband, Buster, on 
February 5, 1967, her grandson, Mike Hayes in 1995 and 
by five brothers and one sister.
She is survived by her daughter, Donna Hayes, and husband, 
Dennie of Kermit; one son, Tommy Pipkin of Kermit; six grandchildren,
 14 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at the First United Methodist Church,
 in Kermit, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, September 14, 2003, with Reverend 
Beth Harrington officiating. Interment will follow at Kermit Cemetery.

The family has entrusted Family Services Funeral Parlor to 
handle the funeral arrangements.