Rites Held for Phillips
Died 10/1970

Funeral services for J. P. Phillips were held Monday afternoon
from the First Baptist Church, the Rev. D. C. Applegate officiated,
assisted by Rev. Billy Nimmons.

Mr. Phillips died Saturday at the Felix Long Memorial Hospital
after an extended illness.  He was 48.

An employee of the City of Starkville, he had been with the City
Water Department for 19 years and the last 15 years headed the
department as superintendent.

Mr. Phillips was a member of the First Baptist Church.  A veteran
of World War II, he was a member of the Oktibbeha Post 13 of
the American Legion and of the local VFW group.

He was a member of Abert Lodge 39 of F & AM.  He was the
son of the late W. P. Phillips, former sheriff of Oktibbeha County.

Mr. Phillips was an active outdoor sportsman and was an area
leader in conservation and worked for the development of outdoor
recreation facilities.

He leaves his widow, Mrs. Betty Taylor Phillips, his mother, Mrs.
W. P. Phillips of Starkville; one son, James Porter Phillips of
Starkville; and five daughters, Miss Barbara Albritton, Miss Fran
Phillips, and Miss Janice Phillips, Miss Ann Phillips, and Mrs. A. I
(Becky) Stone, all of Starkville.

He is also survived by three brothers, W. E. Phillips and Leroy
Phillips of Starkville and William Preston Phillips of Batesville; four
sisters Mrs. George Delivorias of Starkville, Mrs. John F. Gray of
Sturgis, Mrs. L____Ratcliff of Little Rock, Ark, and Mrs. Robert
Barber of El Paso, Texas.
Burial was in Oktibbeha Memorial Gardens, Welch Funeral Home
was in charge of burial arrangements.

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