Gloria “Cookie” Tippette Hill

Please accept our deepest condolences for your family’s loss.

My dearest friend, I am so thankful that God put you in my life when I needed you the most. I know that you will never know how much you mean to me and how much I love you. I so dislike growing older and growing apart for so many reasons. I know the last time we visited was at Christmas several years ago. I hope I will never forget the great times that we had together and there were so many. Our friends were many and we had many great times with them. The dating scene, the dancing, the trips that we went on dancing with our group, the nights we didn’t sleep, just sitting up playing cards and talking, laughing, crying, etc., you and those dang curlers that you could somehow sleep in. Just so that you would look perfect and that you always did! You have always been beautiful, inside and out! You were there when Randy and I married. I will never forget your brother Jerry was there also when we went out after the wedding to celebrate and he kissed me on my cheek. You and Shirley were there when I lost my Daddy. I know that you all are celebrating your arrival in Heaven. I will look you up when I get there. I love you my Cookie! I pray to God that He will comfort your precious family during this time.

Frances, and all of your family, i am so sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you all.

In memory of Gloria Cookie Tippette Hill, Mark and Robin Case lit a candle

Your family is in my prayers. I am so sorry.

Sending prayers to the family. May her memory comfort you and give you peace. Rest in peace Cookie.

First my heart felt condolences to family and friends of Cookie as you grieve the loss of Cookie and wishes that God bless you with his comforting presence and the peace of knowing Cookie abides in his loving kingdom. I became aware of Cookie’s passing on September 19 through mutual friend Sharon McMahon. Cookie and Sharon and her husband Bruce attended clogging dance classes I held in Rocky Mount in the late 1990’s as Sharon shared in her beautiful tribute to Cookie. I had actually met Cookie in 1996 and became a close friend after joining the Lovin Country dance group that her sister Shirley led. That close friendship remained for several years through the early 2000’s and even until the recent months before her passing we continued to stay in touch through the occasional phone call and emails. The common thread that all who knew Cookie shared was her loving and compassionate nature and the ease at which she could carry on a conversation about anything. I knew Cookie as a hard worker, a dedicated Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, a talented dancer and lover of music, a person of faith and optimism and one who was willing to give of herself for the benefit of others. There was never a conversation that did not include her sharing something about her granddaughter Baleigh from the time she was a toddler to a young adult to a new Mother. It is obvious they were both endeared to each other and loved the time they shared. She also shared her commitment to her son Brandon as she supported him in his health challenges. It is a life that all who were touched by Cookie feel ended too soon, but a life with a legacy we would all envy to have as our own.