Mama Mattie Gipson's Obituary
Ms. Mattie Mae Gipson, age 88, was born on February 10, 1935, in Bradley, AR, to Annie and Lindsey Nunley.
Mattie was a born again Christian and loved and served the Lord through her last day. She departed this life and transitioned to the heavenly realm on July 7, 2023, in Mansfield, TX. She came home, to go home.
Being a loving and supportive matriarch was her proudest life's work. Mattie birthed five children: Gloria Courtney of Dayton, OH, Roshanne Taylor of Texarkana, TX, Patricia Randle (Gerome) of Grand Prairie, TX, and Jerry Courtney of Bradley, AR.
She was preceded in death by her daughter Annette Courtney, her parents, husband George and later Gene, as well as her sister Irene Cooley.
Those left to cherish her memory include her surviving children, her sisters Lou Hattie Harris, Iola Blake, Hazel Faye Allen, Edna Burney, 12 grandchildren, and 31 great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed and greatly remembered.
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