astor vance phillips
YADKINVILLE - Astor Vance
Phillips, 70, member of the Yadkin County ASC tobacco committee, died
unexpectedly of a heart attack at 3 p.m. yesterday at his home, East
Bend, Rt. 2.
Mr. Phillips was born in Yadkin County to Thomas J. and Sara Rose Hutchens Phillips. He was employed at Chatham Manufacturing Co. in Winston- Salem before World War I.
After service during World War I, Mr. Phillips was employed at Mengel Box Co. in Winston-Salem 31 years until he retired in 1951. He spent the rest of his life farming.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lillian Smitherman Phillips; four sons, A. V. Jr., Thomas J. and Thurmond D. Phillips of East Bend, Rt. 2, and Edward W. Phillips of Winston-Salem; two daughters, Mrs. Nell Hauser of East Bend, Rt. 2, and Mrs. Gale Mallory of Garwood, N. J.; eight grandchildren; four brothers, Charles W. Phillips of Co- lumbia, N. J., Kermit O. Phillips of Charlotte, Marshall W. Phillips of East Bend, Rt. 2, and George Troy Phillips of Balti- more, Md.; and three sisters, Miss Lena R. Phillips and Mrs. Ina M. Phillips of Winston-Sa- lem, Rt. 8, and Mrs. Bernice P. Simmons of Charlotte.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Baltimore Methodist Church by the Rev. Dwight Whitlock. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will be at Mackie-Hinshaw-Gentry Funeral Home until placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
Mr. Phillips was born in Yadkin County to Thomas J. and Sara Rose Hutchens Phillips. He was employed at Chatham Manufacturing Co. in Winston- Salem before World War I.
After service during World War I, Mr. Phillips was employed at Mengel Box Co. in Winston-Salem 31 years until he retired in 1951. He spent the rest of his life farming.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lillian Smitherman Phillips; four sons, A. V. Jr., Thomas J. and Thurmond D. Phillips of East Bend, Rt. 2, and Edward W. Phillips of Winston-Salem; two daughters, Mrs. Nell Hauser of East Bend, Rt. 2, and Mrs. Gale Mallory of Garwood, N. J.; eight grandchildren; four brothers, Charles W. Phillips of Co- lumbia, N. J., Kermit O. Phillips of Charlotte, Marshall W. Phillips of East Bend, Rt. 2, and George Troy Phillips of Balti- more, Md.; and three sisters, Miss Lena R. Phillips and Mrs. Ina M. Phillips of Winston-Sa- lem, Rt. 8, and Mrs. Bernice P. Simmons of Charlotte.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Baltimore Methodist Church by the Rev. Dwight Whitlock. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will be at Mackie-Hinshaw-Gentry Funeral Home until placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today.