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Glen Lamonte Phipps

September 8, 1956 — March 31, 2021

Glen LaMonte “Monty” Phipps, 64, passed away on March 31, 2021, after being hospitalized with COVID. His service will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 24, at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Gary Kreder officiating. He was born on September 8, 1956, at Parmer County Community Hospital, in Friona, Texas, to proud parents, Betty Lucille Williams and Virgil Leon Phipps. His early childhood years were in Friona, pre-teen/early teenage years were spent in Ulysses, Kansas, Goodland, Kansas, and Burleson, Wyoming, before moving back to Muleshoe, Texas. On September 21, 1973, he married Shawnda Lynn Turner. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force. He worked at Bellmead Home Depot and loved his coworkers and customers dearly. He was a law enforcement officer for many years. He loved to play golf, fish, and ride horses. He is a member of the Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco, a DeMolay in Bailey County, and Freemason in Hale County. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Education from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, on August 22, 1986. Monty was preceded in death by his father, Virgil Leon Phipps. He is survived by his wife of 47 ½ years, Shawnda Lynn Phipps; daughter, Terrah Diane Phipps and her son, Jordan Lee Phipps, all of Mart, Texas, son, Monty Scott Phipps and fiancé, Terra Tilley, and their son, Tristan Scott Phipps, of Robinson, Texas; his mother, Betty Ott of Muleshoe; brother, Mike Phipps of Lubbock, Texas, and brother, Mark Phipps, and sister, Marlana Phipps, both of Grand Junction, Colorado. Memorials may be made to: Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., 2121 K Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20037, 1-202-349-1155, lupus.org/donate. The family invites you to leave a message or memory on our “Tribute Wall” at www.WHBfamily.com.

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