Glenda Vick Flippin

Glenda Vick Flippin, 85, of Mathews, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2024 at her home.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Willis Flippin; parents, Willard and Madeline Vick of Newport News; father and mother-in-law, Morris and Delma Flippin of Mathews; son-in-law, Robert Stubbs of Smithfield.

Glenda was secretary to the Chief of the Newport News police department where she met her husband, Willis Earl of 35 years. Her faith was very important, a member for 50 years at Bethel UMC, she taught the women’s Sunday school class often and where her deviled eggs became famous. Known to her grandchildren as Gumm, some friends as Peabody and Hun to her son, she was a strong, compassionate, knowledgeable, giving and loving, not only to her family and friends but to her home health care patients and employers where she made life long friends, such as Mr. Peterson.

Survived by son, David Flippin (Trudy); daughters, Donna Mathis (Floyd) and Susan Stubbs; grandchildren, Michael and Jeffrey Mathis (Tara), Hayley Stubbs, T.R. Lyerly and Kasey Lynn Moore (Cameron); great-grandchildren, Zachary and Zoey Mathis, Lilly, Emma and Hannah Moore; brothers, Warren Vick (Judy) of Providence Forge, Wayne Vick (Nancy) of Louisville, Ky. and Ronald Vick (Veronica) of Spring, Texas; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, also her very best friend, Ellis and Jean Flippin; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Charles and Jean Ingram; many cousins, nieces, nephews and a very special life-long friend, Louise Diggs.

We would like to thank everyone from family and friends who have been there for our mom and us. Also, to the doctors and nurses who took care of our mom and supported us during this difficult time.  

The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 26, 2024 from noon to 2 p.m. at Faulkner Funeral Homes, Foster-Faulkner Chapel, Mathews. A funeral service will be held in the funeral home chapel at 2 o’clock. Burial will follow at Milford Cemetery, Moon, Virginia.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the following organizations which mean so much to all of us: Bethel Church of Mathews, c/o Nancy Rowe, P.O. Box 1104, Mathews, Va. 23109, Mathews Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 1130, Mathews, Va. 23109 or to the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad, 94 Cricket Hill Road, Hudgins, Virginia 23076.