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DELLA NIPPER’S
Road to Recovery Story by GRAHAM DAVIS / Photos contributed by THE FAMLY
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2020, STARTED AS A NORMAL DAY FOR DELLA NIPPER, BUT LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT BY THE AFTERNOON, HER LIFE WOULD CHANGE FOREVER.
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ella had retired after thirty years of teaching, nineteen of those with the Wayne County School System, but she continued to work half-days at Martha Smith Elementary School. As she did every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, she left work to babysit the grandchildren of her good friend, Pam Williams, which was typical of Della. She is known as “Mama D” to many
Della with her son, (right), Wes Nipper, and daughter and son-in-law, Mary Elizabeth & Thomas Swilley
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