Emma Jean "Pumkin" Phipps, age 56, of Lumberton, NC died on Friday, July 05, 2013 at Southeastern Health in Lumberton. She was born on August 31, 1956 to the late Walter Phipps and the late Mildred Lowery Bell. She was an industrial worker. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her grandmother, Arnettie Lowery and great-grandparents, Evander and Savannah Lowery; daughter, Cassie Phipps; and two brothers, Chalmbress Bell, Jr. and David Bell. Mrs. Phipps is survived by her sons, Marvin Locklear, of Lumberton, Ronnie Dean Revels, of Charlotte, Ashley Hunt, of Bullock, NC, and Walter Perez, of Colorado Springs, CO; daughter, Kayla Oxendine, of Durham; sister, Mary Jane Revels, of Pembroke; half-sisters, Shirley Bell, of Fairmont, and Mildred Phipps, of Lumberton; and seven grandchildren.