Chippie graduated from Glen Lyn High School in 1935. She was a member of the Elgood Methodist Church and was a Residnet Director of Wilson Hall at Concord College retiring in 1985. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donzie Lloyd Ferguson, a great grandson Nicholas Paul McClure, five brothers; Aubrey, Allen, Fred, Blake and Lake and by six sisters; Maude, Lottie, Elsie, Christie, Rhoda and Louise.