Festus Flipper, Jr. - successful businessman and civic leader of Thomasville. Dr. Emory Flipper - one of the early black physicians in South Georgia. Flipper's father, Festus, Sr., was a prominent Thomasville businessman. He owned a shoemaking shop which was later inherited by his son Festus, Jr. Lt. Flipper's parents, Festus, Sr.
Flipper is buried.
Many of the Flipper family heirlooms are on display at the Thomas County Historical Society Museum and the Jack Hadley Black History Memorabilia, Inc.'s collection. The complete Black History Collection exhibit is normally on display at the Thomasville Cultural Center during Black History month annually every February. Other books on Lt. It is available on VHS through PBS Home Video, El Paso Texas. Charles M. Robinson, III published 1994.