James David Pipes April 12, 1943 - June 30, 2024

James David Pipes, 81 of Old River, TX passed away Sunday, June 30, 2024 at HCA Houston Hospital in Kingwood.

Funeral service will be 12 pm, Monday, July 8, 2024 at Trout Creek Baptist Church with visitation beginning at 11 am prior to service.

Born April 12, 1943 to William Pipes and Ethel (Lynch) in Red Water, TX, he was retired from Exxon Mobil where he worked as a supervisor.

JD made more friends, caught more fish, and killed more deer than any other we know. He was a great husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend. There was a right way to do things, a wrong way to do things, and of course, the only way that mattered, the “JD way of doing things”.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Pipes of Old River; son, Clint Pipes and Stacey of Cove; brothers, Harvey Pipes of Call, Tommy Pipes of Del Rio; sisters, Doris Nell Wiley of Call, Maralea Hill of Nacogdoches; grandchildren, Payton, Paige, Chason; great grandchild, Presley Herridge.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Billy Pipes and Sonny Pipes.