Margaret Nadine Rippy

Margaret Nadine Nanney Rippy passed away peacefully on June 1, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Forest City.
Nadine is predeceased by her parents Walter Dewey Nanney and Fannie Koon Nanney, her sister Louise Crowe, brothers Alvin, Hugh, and Jack Nanney, her husband of fifty plus years Victor Roberts Rippy, son Charles Dewey Rippy, son in law Bobby Tessnear, and great grandson Thomas Bradley.
Nadine is survived by her daughter, Anita Tessnear; three grandchildren, Allyson Bradley, Michael Tessnear and Melony Tessnear; great granddaughter Rachel Bradley; sister Annette Shehan and several nieces and nephews.
Nadine was a graduate of Alexander Mills School in Union Mills. She also graduated from Rutherford Hospital School of Nursing where she attended under the GI Bill and was a member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Honor Roll in the 1940's. Upon finishing nursing training, she worked at Rutherford Hospital for thirty- seven years, most of that spent in the OB Department where she most likely helped deliver more than a thousand babies.
Nadine had a well lived life, enjoying the outdoors where cutting grass well into her eighties was a favorite pastime. She had a lifetime love of reading, usually reading one or two books per week. Jigsaw puzzles were always being worked on at the dining room table. She loved and enjoyed her family and her church, especially her "Ma Goode" Sunday School class.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM Thursday, June 5, 2025 at Southern Baptist Church with Rev. Peter Surran officiating. Burial will be held in Southern Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.
Memorials in her honor may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043 or Southern Baptist Church, 140 Church Street, Rutherfordton, NC 28139.