Edna Virginia Mills Flippin

Mrs. Edna Virginia Mills Flippin, 86, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Flippin was born November 19, 1923, in Patrick County, VA, to Joe Franklin and Dessie Catherine Boles Mills. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who will be dearly missed by all her loving family. Surviving are five daughters and three sons-in-law, Catherine Collins of Stuart, VA, and Shirley and Leo Tate, Connie and Wesley Edwards, Bonnie Sechrist, and Susan and Ricky Gates, all of Mount Airy; three sons and daughters-in-law, Junior and Lois Flippin, Teddy and Linda Flippin, and Gary and Angie Flippin, all of Mount Airy; fourteen grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Opal and Harden Bowman of Stuart, VA, and Barbara Gwyn of Winston-Salem; a sister-in-law, Myra Mills of Stuart, VA; special friends, Shirley Sheets, Celia Mabe, and Tina Holt; and several dear nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Flippin was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Ernest Flippin; a brother, J.F. Mills; and two sons-in-law, Mack Collins and Jim Sechrist. The funeral service will be conducted at 4:00 PM Sunday, July 4, 2010, at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Airy, by Elder John Calhoun and the Rev. Kenneth Young. Burial will follow in the Red Bank Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday night from 6:00 to 8:00 at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home, 945 Zephyr Road, Dobson, NC 27017. The family would like to express their deep appreciation to the staff at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home and to the home health staff for all the tender love and care shown to Mrs. Flippin.