Elizabeth Flippen Hodgins

HODGINS, Elizabeth Flippen Garry, age 91, of Bon Air, Virginia, died on April 21, 2010, at Thomas Johns Cancer Center, Johnston-Willis Hospital, with her extended family present. The only child of the late Martin Joseph Garry and Marion Turner Garry, Mrs. Hodgins was born July 18, 1918, in Bluefield, West Virginia. She was happily married to the late Donald Albert Van Houten Hodgins for 66 years. They founded a real estate investment company in Flint, Michigan, later expanding it when they moved to Bon Air, Virginia in 1950. Their business included the renovation of a number of historic homes in Bon Air, while also developing property throughout the Richmond area. Up until the time of her death, Mrs. Hodgins continued to be active in the real estate business she and her husband built. She was the only female graduate in the Class of 1941 from the University of Michigan School of Architecture after attending Bluefield College. An avid gardener, Bridge player and artist, Mrs. Hodgins was a founding member of St. Michaels Episcopal Church in Bon Air, and also helped establish a church in Flushing, Michigan. She and her family spent over 55 delightful summers on the Rappahannock River where she attended Farnham Episcopal Church. Affectionately known to her family as "Goody," Mrs. Hodgins leaves behind her four children and their families, M. Garry Hodgins and wife, Ofelia, of Charlotte, North Carolina, Donald T. Hodgins and wife, Carolyn, of Midlothian, Marion "Betsy" Kimmelshue and husband, David, of Midlothian, and Ann Hodgins of Bon Air; grandchildren, Kimberly Bone and husband, Brad, Christopher Kimmelshue and wife, Kate, Sidarta Parables and wife, Ingrid, Elizabeth Stoll and husband, Kevin, John Walker and Melissa Mittereder, Hilary Huffstetler and husband, Jason, Alison Lehman, Turner Hodgins, Payton Hodgins, Garry Hodgins, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hodgins, and Cody Hodgins; great-grandchildren, Katilyn Urban, Jordan Urban, Jamie Bone, Reagan Urban, Kyle Bone, Ernesto Parables, Lauren Bone, Gracen Bone, and Eric Parables; and godson, Reverend Michael W. Jackson. Graveside services will be held at Hollywood Cemetery, 412 South Cherry Street, Richmond, Virginia, on Friday, April 23, 2010, at 1 p.m., with a reception to immediately follow at Maymont Park Garden Hall. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to one of the following: Farnham Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 343, Warsaw, Virginia 22572, or Friends of Hollywood Cemetery, 412 South Cherry Street, Richmond, Virginia 23220.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.