Obituary of Ernestine Pippin Torgerson

Mrs. Ernestine Pippin Torgerson, age 81, of Ozark, died Thursday, February 22, 2007 in Dale Medical Center following a brief illness. Funeral services will be 2:00 P. M. Sunday, February 25, 2007, in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home in Ozark with Reverend Greg Aman officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00 until 6:00 P. M. Saturday evening. Mrs. Torgerson was born May 19, 1925 in Ariton to the late Lydia Ola Paul Pippin and Jim Tom Pippin. She traveled with her late husband, Lt. Col. Charles Leo Torgerson, while he served in the United States Army, living in the Far East, France, and Okinawa. Mrs. Torgerson served as a Grey Lady with the Red Cross at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and later as a Pink Lady with Dale Medical Center. She was a member of the Wiregrass Chapter Gold Star Wives Club, serving as an officer for many years. She was a member of Ozark Baptist Church and the Mary and Martha Sunday School Class. In addition to her parents and her husband, Mrs. Torgerson was preceded in death by two sisters, Jewell Pippin Heath and Lydia Ruth Weeks, one sister-in-law, Shirley Howell Pippin, three brothers, Paul B. Pippin, Jesse M. Pippin, and James Tolbert Pippin, one nephew, Thomas M. Pippin. Survivors include three daughters, Cathy Marie Torgerson, Ozark; Sheree Lynn Hughes and her husband, Johnnie, Ozark; and Laurie Ann Rogers, of Troy, one son, Dr. Charles Leo Torgerson, II of Birmingham, four grandchildren, Michael Fischer, Pamela Hughes, Kyle Hughes, and Nicholas Rogers, one brother, Thomas Darren Pippin and his wife, Lois of Ozark. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be: the Mary and Martha Sunday School Class of Ozark Baptist Church and the Pink Ladies of Dale Medical Center. Service Information