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Descendants of Andrew PICON PICKENS

Generation No. 11

49. WALTER RAY¹¹ NIPPER, JR (JOSIE JOSEPHINE ABERNATHY¹⁰ WALKUP, JOHN ROBERT "BOB"⁹, CAPT. JAMES "JIM"⁸, ROBERT⁷, JOSEPH⁶, MARGARET (PEGGY) NANCY⁵ PICKENS, ISRAEL⁴, WILLIAM³, ROBERT ANDREW PICON/², ANDREW PICON¹) was born December 12, 1919. He married MILDRED PENDERGRASS Abt. 1939. She was born July 07, 1919 in Nashville, TN, and died February 14, 1993 in Nashville, TN.

Children of WALTER NIPPER and MILDRED PENDERGRASS are:

	i.		EDNA FAYE¹² NIPPER, b. Abt. 1945; m. ? NAIPPER?.
	ii.		JANNIE NIPPER, b. Abt. 1946.

50. EMMA LAURA¹¹ NIPPER (JOSIE JOSEPHINE ABERNATHY¹⁰ WALKUP, JOHN ROBERT "BOB"⁹, CAPT. JAMES "JIM"⁸, ROBERT⁷, JOSEPH⁶, MARGARET (PEGGY) NANCY⁵ PICKENS, ISRAEL⁴, WILLIAM³, ROBERT ANDREW PICON/², ANDREW PICON¹) was born December 02, 1925 in Nashville, TN, and died July 18, 1997 in Nashville, TN Mount Olive Cenetery. She married WILLIAM H. COLE, SR. Abt. 1948. He was born Abt. 1923 in TN.

Children of EMMA NIPPER and WILLIAM COLE are:

	i.		JUDY C.¹² COLE, b. Abt. 1947.
	ii.		WILLIAM H. COLE, JR., b. Abt. 1951.

51. MARION ELIZABETH¹¹ NIPPER (JOSIE JOSEPHINE ABERNATHY¹⁰ WALKUP, JOHN ROBERT "BOB"⁹, CAPT. JAMES "JIM"⁸, ROBERT⁷, JOSEPH⁶, MARGARET (PEGGY) NANCY⁵ PICKENS, ISRAEL⁴, WILLIAM³, ROBERT ANDREW PICON/², ANDREW PICON¹) was born October 28, 1931 in Nashville, TN, and died September 07, 1995 in N. Little Rock, AR Gravel Ridge Cem.. She married (1) BENJAMIN EDWARD CROOK Abt. 1947 in TN?, son of DAVID CROOK and MARTHA SENIOR. He was born June 07, 1926 in TN? (Source: (1) Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Mar 15, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.52962.108, (2) Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Dec 30, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.52962.108), and died March 16, 1984 in National Cem., Nashville, TN (Source: (1) Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Mar 15, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.52962.108, (2) Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Dec 30, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.52962.108). She married (2) BILLY CALVREN JOHNSON October 01, 1955 in Rossville, GA., son of CECIL JOHNSON and EDITH BLANKENSHIP. He was born April 12, 1929 in Asheville, NC, and died April 21, 1997 in N. Little Rock, AR Gravel Ridge Cem. behind Penecostal Church, behind Baptist Ch.

Notes for MARION ELIZABETH NIPPER:
Ronald Eugene Johnson "Some thoughts on my Mom"

Mom was born into a family of nine children.. She was pretty and "well built" as people said in her generation. Her first child, was a son, David Ray Crook, on his gravestone is David Ray Johnson. He too became a Johnson as we all did in many ways. David Ray Crook was "stillborn". He is Buried near Mom ma Nippers' grave in Nashville, TN. Donnie and I were born next, Donnie being 23 minutes older that I. But the trade off of I being born second was that I was on top of Donnie in the womb and I ate better. Outweighing Donnie at birth by a few pounds, and adding to those pounds over the next 48 years. Sherry came shortly after us. Donnie, Sherry and I had "cowboy-cowgirl" outfits alike, and when we would wear those outfits people would stop mom and ask if we were triplets? After mom and my father (Billy C. Johnson) had been married for a while along came Randy.

Mom had a quick and alert mind. She was as they say "quick on her feet". She loved people, and could talk and get to know anyone. She worked as a sales clerk at "Harveys" in Nashville, TN. Other men and women seemed to respect her, and it was best for you to be her friend and not an enemy. When she would get mad, she would curl her tongue downward in her mouth and watch out when that happened!

She was a very strong willed, (some would say hard headed), person, a Nipper trait! Raising and supporting three children by herself until dad came along all those years was really a job. She was noted for standing up for people who had problems standing or speaking up for themselves, those with disabilities, or the working poor. She was a religious person, attended Baptist Churches all her life and taught many a vacation Bible School. I think she drew on that faith during the hard times in her life and those last months of battle with cancer.

She loved color. She would buy something, take it home paint on it and put it up on the walls. Each season saw different decorations and colors. If there was a blank space on the wall, there was still room to put something in that space. If Dad would chance a nap he might wake up decorated! She was good at matching colors, a trait that did me well while I was in the clothing business. Mom was a very creative person. She had a kiln; did ceramics and made flower arrangements as well as doing other crafts.

One time when I was feeling down she told me, "Ronnie, you and Donnie were the best thing that ever happen to me!". It made me feel better, it made me feel good about myself.

Mom's brothers and sisters were born over some twenty years with mom being the 5th of nine children. So it was shocking that she would be the first of her brothers and sisters to die. A person realizes Thier own mortality is limited when your parents start to die. I am sure whatever her vision of heaven was that that is where she will be forever.

My Dad, Billy C. Johnson, was there with her everyday over the months of cancer treatments. He lost down two pants sizes, and didn't want to leave her side. Right after mom died, he would visit moms grave several times daily. Friends of mom and dad would say, "Whenever we saw one of them, we saw both of them, they were always together".

She had this laugh, a kind of a cackle, that would come out then she got tickled. Sometimes she would have trouble finishing telling something as she would get herself tickled along the way. If I didn't know her ancestors were from Scotland and Ireland, I would have though she was Italiano the way she talked with her hands.

She didn't like cats to rub up against her and she didn't like to be cold. She loved jewelry, and make-up, if God had given her twelve fingers she would have rings on each one.

It was her strong willed that she drew on for strength to keep going through her "hard" life, a trait I draw from and a trait I hope is passed on for many generations to come.

Notes for BENJAMIN EDWARD CROOK:
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Dec 30, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.52962.108]

Individual: Crook, Benjamin
Social Security #: 409-30-2805
SS# issued in: Tennessee

Birth date: Jun 7, 1927
Death date: Mar 1984

Residence code: Tennessee

ZIP Code of last known residence: 37209
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:

Nashville, Tennessee

ZIP Code of address where death benefit payment was sent: 37209
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:

Nashville, Tennessee

More About BENJAMIN EDWARD CROOK:
Address 1: Residence code: Tennessee (Source: Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Dec 30, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.52962.108)
Address 2: Last residence ZIP: 37209 (Source: Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Dec 30, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.52962.108)
Address 3: Death benefit payment ZIP: 37209 (Source: Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Dec 30, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.52962.108)
Residence: SS# issued in: Tennessee (Source: Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Dec 30, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.52962.108)
Social Security Number: Social Security #: 409-30-2805 (Source: Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Dec 30, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.52962.108)

Notes for BILLY CALVREN JOHNSON:
Written 3-18-1997 7:34 P.M. San Antonio, TX

I just got off the phone with my twin brother Donnie. Dads' lung doctor was just in, he said that Dads' heart is too weak to handle any treatments for his lung cancer. He says Dads' heart is only pumping about 15% of its volume and that dad is not getting stronger, he's getting weaker. Its just a matter of time until his heart gives out. The heart doctor is do to come in tomorrow. I talked to Dad tonight over the phone, and he said, Well son, it looks like it (life) is over, I love you." He could not talk very long because of his weakened condition. We decided I would wait to hear what the heart doctor had to say tomorrow before I made the trip up to Little Rock, AR to help Betty care for him. I looked in the refrigerator for some wine in the hope that it might dull the pain, but we didn't have any. I find it hard for my mind to accept the realities of this day. Life; is this all there is? If so, as the song goes, "then lets keep dancing, and dancing, lets have a ball."

I so wish that Bety and Dad would have - could have had more years together. Unless the Lord intercedes, it looks like that is not to be. Dad missed Mom so after she died, I quests they will reunite again. Well....who said life is fair? " Death where is your sting?", it feels more like a numbness. Maybe it's the numbness that softens the sting?

Lord we sure could use a healing Miracle here, you know what I mean?

Written 8-4-1997 11:32 P.M. San Antonio, TX

Dad died on April 21, 1997 at 10:40 P.M. at Memorial Hospital in North Little Rock, AR. Betty and I (Ron) were with him, Dads breathing became very shallow. I called Betty over, a preacher she knew had just stopped by. I was standing beside Dad patting his arm. Most of the time he just wanted to feel that someone was with him, he didn't want "to die alone". His breathing continued to get weaker and lighter, and then he just didn't take another breath. I took that big deep missing breath for him, like trying to help him catch his breath. I felt for a pulse on his neck, but there was no pulse, his body was quiet and still. His jaw relaxed open; and that bothered me, so I reached up to close it, and it fell open again. I didn't try to close it again as it was meant to be. I knew that a person's hearing is the last sense to die. Betty and I had talked about reading the 23rd Psalm to him when the time came. Betty reminded me about reading it to him. I had a small copy of the passage, and started to read it to him. It was hard to get the words passed what seemed like a stone, a hard lump in my throat. I knew it could be the last thing he would remember to carry into eternity. I didn't want him to detect the pain, the sorrow in my voice or the short heavy breaths I was taking. The fourth verse comforted my soul, as I read, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL: for Thou art with me: Thy rod and Thy staff they COMFORT me." The last verse I tried to say with all the belief, all the faith, I could muster up, "and I will dwell in the house of the lord FOREVER!." Betty and I were holding each other. We had been through and shared a lot together those last several weeks of Dad's journey through the end of his life. Dad and Betty would have been married one year if Dad had lived until June of 1997. I think the Lord guided them to each other, not only to give both of them a companion, but to give Dad's remaining children a Mother's love, and his grandchildren a Grandmother's love again. It's funny how God restores things. He gave Betty to us, so we could help watch over and love her, so she would not be so alone without Dad. It is amazing; a thing meant to be bad, like death, God has made into a good thing. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Then Betty and I, on behalf of our families, delivered his spirit into the hands of God. Amen

Ronald Eugene Johnson

Children of MARION NIPPER and BILLY JOHNSON are:

	i.	JAMES RAY CROOK¹² JOHNSON, b. Abt. 1947, Nashville, TN; d. Abt. 1947, Still born, Spring Hill Cem..
65.	ii.	DONALD JOSEPH CROOK JOHNSON, b. January 04, 1949, Fort Bragg, NC.
66.	iii.	RONALD EUGENE CROOK JOHNSON, b. January 04, 1949, Fort Bragg, NC.
	iv.	SHERRY JOYCE CROOK JOHNSON, b. August 17, 1950, Nashville, TN.

More About SHERRY JOYCE CROOK JOHNSON:
Individual Note: Hit by car as early teen. Resides in Conway, AR.

RANDAL DOUGLAS JOHNSON, b. November 08, 1959; m. VANESSA SUSAN MCMANUS; b. April 18, 1962.

52. PEGGY JO¹¹ NIPPER (JOSIE JOSEPHINE ABERNATHY¹⁰ WALKUP, JOHN ROBERT "BOB"⁹, CAPT. JAMES "JIM"⁸, ROBERT⁷, JOSEPH⁶, MARGARET (PEGGY) NANCY⁵ PICKENS, ISRAEL⁴, WILLIAM³, ROBERT ANDREW PICON/², ANDREW PICON¹) was born August 09, 1938. She married LEE BELL. He was born February 23, 1930.

Child of PEGGY NIPPER and LEE BELL is:

AMADA¹² BELL, b. Abt. 1968.

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