Shirley Cavender Nipper, age 84, of Springfield, passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at NorthCrest Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 12pm in the chapel of the Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield with Brother Marvin Crouch officiating. Burial will follow in the Bellwood Cemetery with family and friends serving as pallbearers.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Saturday from 10am until the hour of service at 12pm.
Mrs. Nipper was born October 24, 1936 in Davidson County to the late Hubert and Pearl Choate Cavender, Sr. She worked as an accountant and was a member of the Adams Church of Christ. She loved her family, she loved the Lord, and she loved reading the Bible.
In addition to her parents Mrs. Nipper is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Wayne Nipper.
Mrs. Nipper is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Jody Ann Nipper of Council Bluffs, IA; and grandchildren, Travin Jedrek “T.J.” and Kalista Cadee.
Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of these arrangements.
