Robert Dean Pippenger, Jr.
Robert Dean Pippenger Jr., 59, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, formerly of Jasper, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2024, at home with his family beside him.
Rob was born on Jan. 5, 1965, to Robert Dean Pippenger Sr. and Diahana Jones Pippenger in Jasper. He graduated from Marion County High School and attended the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. He began a career as a financial advisor in 1987 at IDS American Express. He formed a partnership with Wells Fargo in 2009. Then he founded his own company Rivercrest Wealth Advisors Inc. in 2015.
He is survived by a daughter, Megan Pippenger, son-in-law, Christian Hall; son, Trey Pippenger; stepson, Hunter Hobbs and his wife Emily; mother, Diahana Pippenger, one sister, Tina Pippenger and her daughters, McKenna Vandergriff and Savanna Lawson; uncles, Kenneth and Johnny Pippenger, and several cousins and dear friends.
Robert was preceded in death by his father, Robert Dean Pippenger Sr.; grandparents, Hoyt and Louise Pippenger and Harley Gene and Mildred Jones; uncle, Neal Pippenger; aunts, Evelyn Lee, and Barbara Jones.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 25, at 1 p.m. (CST) at Rogers Funeral Home, 21 East Fifth St., Jasper, with the Reverend Alan Johnston officiating.
Interment will follow at Sequatchie Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Jasper, TN.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 24, from 12-3 p.m. (CST) and on Monday, March 25, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (CST) prior to the funeral service in the chapel of Rogers Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Keith Pippenger, John Pippenger, Kent Pippenger, Hunter Hobbs, AJ Johnson, Kevin Featherston, Chase Vandergriff, and Zac Lawson.
Honorary pallbearers will be Joe Spangler, Hoyt Pippenger, and Ralph Kennedy.
Arrangements are entrusted to Rogers Funeral Home, 21 East Fifth Street, Jasper, Tn. 37347, 423 942-2682.