Sylvia Taylor Flippin is a native of Nashville, Tennessee. She was valedictorian  of her graduating class of Pearl High School in Nashville, Tennessee. She furthered her education and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Economics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. In addition, she holds a Master of Education degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA, with a concentration in Administration and Supervision.

Sylvia Taylor Flippin has served as First Lady at Springfield Baptist Church, Greensboro, GA and Shoal Creek Baptist Church, Locust Grove, GA. Presently she serves as First Lady at The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA. During her tenure at the church, she founded and organized Voices of Aaron, Toastmasters International Club.

Currently, she teaches Mathematics at Westlake High School in Atlanta, GA. For over ten years, Sylvia Flippin has taught in the Ministers Wives Division for the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education and is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.  Her father, the late Reverend Moses Taylor, served as Pastor of Sylvan Street Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee for almost forty years.

Sylvia Flippin has been married for over thirty years to Dr. William E. Flippin who is pastor of The Greater Piney Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.  Dr. Flippin, Sr. is a graduate of Fisk University in Nashville and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. and a Doctorate of Ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois.  

Sylvia and Dr. Flippin are the proud parents of three sons and a daughter. William, Jr. is an ordained minister, a graduate of Morehouse College, Class of 1998 and a graduate of the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) with a Masters of Divinity degree. Recently, he received his Master of Theology degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. William is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Chicago concentrating in Church History and Reformation Studies.  He is married to Kedra Phillips Flippin. Richard (Ricky) Curtis, is a graduate of Morehouse College, Class of 2001 and a graduate of Candler School of Theology at Emory, with a Masters of Divinity degree, he is also an ordained minister. For the past three summers, Richard has been the Summer Academy Minister at Morehouse College. Pastor Richard Flippin now serves as Assistant to Senior Pastor at The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church as the Director of Organization, Ministry Programs and Projects.  Continuing the heritage, Joseph Charles Taylor, an ordained minister, is a recent Cum Laude graduate of Morehouse College, Class of 2003, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Sociology. Joseph is currently attending Wesley Theological Seminary with a full scholarship. Their daughter, Sylvia Joi, is a high school student in the Fulton County School System and sings in the Greater Piney Grove Youth Choir.