Service: 6 p.m. at Morrow Chapel, Settegast-Kopf & Co. Funeral Directors, Sugar Land, Texas, with interment at Houston National Cemetery; Visitation: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, at the funeral home.
Virginia Scroggins Tippit passed away Tuesday, Aug. 16 (2016).
Her husband, Jack J. Tippit, preceded her in death. They were married 48 years.
Virginia was born in Columbus, Kansas, and raised in Harrison. She was employed at the First National Bank of Houston. She helped with the merger of First National and City National to form First City National Bank. She was promoted and elected to trust operations officer and assistant cashier in the trust division. Virginia was only one of two women elected who had ever become a woman officer in any bank at that time in 1972. She retired in the 1970s.
Virginia had been a member of the First United Methodist Church since 1977. She was an active member of the Human Potential Sunday School Class of that church.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, followed by the funeral service beginning at 6 p.m. in the Morrow Chapel at the Settegast-Kopf & Co. Funeral Directors in Sugar Land, Texas. Officiating will be the Rev. Henry Milligan. Following the funeral service, a reception will be held in the family events room adjacent to the chapel. Interment will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Houston National Cemetery alongside her Air Force husband, Jack.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Alzheimer's Association, 2909 West Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77025.
