JAMES EARL PIPKIN

Marilyn , Pat Cates here. I think about Jim from time to time. He was a huge role model in my life. You and Jim were Icons to me. When I was saddest , you both picked me up. I´m having a very rough time with neuropathy and can´t walk much with a walker. May God go with you and bless you Pat

Not a day passes that I don't think of you. Rest in peace, my Besheart.

Eight years have passed, and I still love you and miss you. I so wish you could be here to see how your children have matured and how your grandchildren have grown. Rest in peace my love.

Dear Marilyn,
I was going through some very old photographs of my days at the University of Chattanooga and found some of Jim. I was a piano major and we were very closed friends the time he was there. Curious to see what he had been up to, I googled him and received the horrible shock of finding his obituary and discovering that he had passed in 2012.

Please received my very belated but most heartfelt condolences.

Antonio R Gamboa
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It has been 5 long years since you left us, my darling. We raised a glass to you at El Cazador, our go-to family dinner place.

First RMCO concert without you. It seemed so strange. The gang gave me a card as tribute to you. No one had anything bad to say.

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart. We love you.