thomas Jackson Phillips
EAST BEND - Mr. Thomas Jackson
Phillips, 71, formerly of Bloomtown Road, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 30,
2003, at Forsyth Medical Center.
He was born April 4, 1932, in Yadkin County to Astor Vance Phillips Sr. and Lillian Theresa Smitherman Phillips.
Mr. Phillips retired from the N.C. Department of Transportation Highway Division and had also worked for Hennis Freight Lines. He was a member of East Bend Baptist Church and a veteran of the Korean War, serving with the U.S. Navy.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda Joyce Phillips; a sister, Theresa Gale Foulkes; and a brother, Edward Wilmoth Phillips.
Surviving are his daughter, Theresa Lynn Phillips of Pfafftown; a sister, Nell Ray (Wallace) Hauser of East Bend; two brothers, Astor Vance (Eleanor) Phillips Jr. and Thur- mond David (Jean) Phillips, all of East Bend; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and friends. A graveside service will be con- ducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, at East Bend Baptist Church Cemetery by the Rev. Jim Cohn, with full military honors by Yadkin VFW Post 10346. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today, Dec. 31, at Gentry Family Funeral Service of Yadkinville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Associ- ation, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1.700, Chicago, IL 60601- 7633.
He was born April 4, 1932, in Yadkin County to Astor Vance Phillips Sr. and Lillian Theresa Smitherman Phillips.
Mr. Phillips retired from the N.C. Department of Transportation Highway Division and had also worked for Hennis Freight Lines. He was a member of East Bend Baptist Church and a veteran of the Korean War, serving with the U.S. Navy.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda Joyce Phillips; a sister, Theresa Gale Foulkes; and a brother, Edward Wilmoth Phillips.
Surviving are his daughter, Theresa Lynn Phillips of Pfafftown; a sister, Nell Ray (Wallace) Hauser of East Bend; two brothers, Astor Vance (Eleanor) Phillips Jr. and Thur- mond David (Jean) Phillips, all of East Bend; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and friends. A graveside service will be con- ducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, at East Bend Baptist Church Cemetery by the Rev. Jim Cohn, with full military honors by Yadkin VFW Post 10346. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today, Dec. 31, at Gentry Family Funeral Service of Yadkinville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Associ- ation, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1.700, Chicago, IL 60601- 7633.