Rebecca Nichols Shipman

Published 8:48 pm Monday, March 28, 2011

Rebecca Nichols Shipman, 50, resident of Marion, passed away March 28, 2011 at her home in Marion. She was born  October 21, 1960 in West Palm Beach, Florida to Pettus and Jo Ellen Nichols.

Survivors include parents Pettus and Jo Ellen Nichols; husband, Gary Shipman; daughters, Amy Parsons, Tuscaloosa, Ashley Parson, Marion, Sheri Harrison (Kevin) of Millbrook, AL; sons, Wesley Parsons (Christy), Marion, and Gary Shipman, Jr. (Pam), Selma; sister, Renee Nichols Cheney (Doug) of Merritt Island, FL; brother, Clifton Nichols “Butch” (Judy), Summers, Arkansas; twelve grands.

Services are scheduled for Thursday, March 31, 2011, 11:00 a.m. at Ocmulgee Baptist church with Reverend Danny Summerlin officiating and Kirk Funeral Homes Marion chapel directing. Burial will follow in church cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday night at the funeral home from 6-8. Please wear pink in her memory and to support a cause in which she fought so strongly for up until her last day. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Becky’s memory to National Breast Cancer foundation,  Inc. 2600 Network Blvd. Suite 300 Frisco, Texas 75034.

Pallbearers will be Eddie Dozier, Brad Sturgis, Jimbo Carr, Charles Nichols, Jerry Mims, Herman Campbell.