87 year old Johnnie Pauline Cripps of Dowelltown died Wednesday at NHC Healthcare Center of Smithville. She was a retired factory worker at the Dowelltown Shirt Factory and a member of the Dry Creek Baptist Church. The funeral will be Friday at 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Donald Owen will officiate and burial will be in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Friday until the time of the service. She was preceded in death by her parents, John A. and Maude Rhody Cripps; a brother, Hobert Cripps; and a sister, Gertrude George. Survivors include a sister, Macon Aldrige of Pennsylvania. Four nephews, John Robert George of Florida, Harold George and Hank George both of McMinnville, and Wayne Cripps of Alexandria. Three nieces, Rebecca Vaughn of McMinnville, and two others out of state. One special friend, Alene Fuson of Smithville. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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