Dessie Knipper Mayberry Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Dessie Knipper Mayberry (Middleton, Tennessee), who passed away on October 16, 2021, at the age of 92, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Jack Tillman and Ida Lea Vaughn Tillman; her grandson Joseph "Joey" Knipper, Jr.; and her siblings, Bessie Harbin, Betty Harris, Lloyd, Charlie, Joe and Cecil Tillman.
She is survived by: her sons, Joseph M. Knipper, Sr. (Carol) of Bartlett and James Edward Knipper (Carole) of Sedro-Woolley, WA; her sister Jane Montgomery (Charles) of Pottsboro, TX; and her grandchildren, Joshua Marcom Knipper (Jaimie), Jonathan Matthew Knipper (Valerie), Brandy Sawyer (Steve), Jaime Knipper, Misty Neves (Brian), Michael R. Whitney (Amber), Jannelle Bernhardt (Chad) and Jacob Knipper (Lyndsey). She is also survived by fifteen great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions in her name may be sent to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (http://www.secure.info-komen.org) or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (http://www.st.jude.org).
