THOMASVILLE – Mr. Phillip Ray Ripple, 61, of Thomasville, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 at High Point Medical Center. He was born on March 10, 1959 in Davidson County, NC to James (Jimmy) Leon Ripple and Betty Sue Picklesimer Ripple, both of whom preceded him in death. He graduated from Morganton School for the Deaf and worked with his father in the family furniture business, Classic Originals in Thomasville. He was a member of Green Street Baptist Church.
Surviving are his cousins and caregivers, Gerald and Barbara Ripple; his aunt, Linda McPherson and husband John; and cousins, Jennifer Stanley and husband Brandon, and Callie and Parker Stanley.
A funeral service will be held on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 at 2 p.m. at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home Chapel in Thomasville with Pastor Phillip Rhynerson officiating. Interment will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday one hour prior to the service from 1-2 p.m.
Online condolences may be sent to www.jcgreenandsons.com.