Ruby Louise Nipper

1913 - 2007  (93 years)

• Name	Ruby Louise Nipper
  Born	17 May 1913	Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Jan 2007	Red Bank, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Buried	Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Person ID	I27611	Soddy-Daisy-Roots
  Last Modified	6 May 2017

  
  

  Father	James Calvin Nipper,   b. Tennessee ,   d. 12 Aug 1930, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Jennie Nancy McGuire
  Family ID	F9605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S237] Chattanooga Central High School, Class of 1963, (http://63pounders.com/faculty-index.php). Ruby Louise Nipper May 17, 1913 - Jan 29, 2007 Ruby Louise Nipper was born May 17, 1913 in Soddy, TN to J. C. and Nancy McGuire Nipper. Ruby was the sixth of 7 children, and at age 17 moved in with her older sister, Rose, upon the death of her father. Rose, a teacher at Soddy, encouraged Ruby to become a teacher. After graduating from Soddy High, Mountain City Business College (McKenzie), then Milligan College (A.B.) in 1936, Ms. Nipper started a 32 year career with Hamilton County, beginning at Red Bank Jr. High in 1936. As Red Bank transitioned to a high school 1938-40, Ms. Nipper became the first business (commercial) teacher. In 1941 she took leave to work for the Office of Scientific Research & Development in Washington, DC for 4 years, then taught at Carson City (NV) High School for a year, then worked for the Porcelain Enamel Institute in Norcross, GA for two years. Ruby Nipper moved to Central in fall 1948 to head the Commercial Dept (replacing Lydia Gore Rice, who had passed away suddenly on May 10, 1948), a position she held for 15 years. Ms. Nipper resided at Tunnel Boulevard during her tenure at Central. While at Central she earned her MA from UT in August 1951. She then left in fall 1963 to become the assistant principal at Hixson, moving in with her brother William Louis Nipper (Central '25) at Pine Cone Lane in Red Bank, and retiring in June 1975. She enjoyed a long retirement during which the remaining 5 of her siblings passed. Ms Nipper passed on January 29, 2007 at age 93, with only one niece surviving. She was buried in the Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery with the rest of the Nipper family.