John Thomas Phillips

Name: John Thomas “Johnny” Phillips Age: 87 Residence: Corinth, MS Date of Death: Monday, March 12, 2012 Place of Death: North MS Medical Center - Tupelo Location of Funeral Service: Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories Date & Time: Saturday, March 17, 2012 @ 2:00pm Internment: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Officiating: Thomas Phillips Visitation: Friday, March 16, 2012 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm and Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 12:00noon till service time. Everything will be at the Funeral Home Biographical Information Date of birth: February 11, 1925 Employment/Occupation/Church/Bio: He was a U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force Veteran who served in WWII and during the Korean War and the Berlin Crisis. He was on the destroyer accompanying the USS Missouri while the peace treaty with Japan was signed. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He loved working with his hands, fishing and gardening. He loved spending time with his family and friends especially his grandchildren & great grandchildren. He was a lifelong member of the American Legion 40 and 8 and the VFW. Survivor Information Son: Thomas Kent Phillips & wife Ouida – Charlotte, NC Daughter: Wanda Kay Bailey & husband Art – Destin, FL 4 Grandchildren: Jon Bret Bailey & wife Jane –AR; Cara Phillips Brown & husband Matt – CO; Molly Phillips Curland & husband Brian – PA; Matthew Phillips & wife Allison - CA 10 Great Grandchildren: Kaitlyn Bailey, Jackson Bailey, Faith Brown, Hope Brown, Lincoln Brown, Noah Curland, Nica Curland, Christian Phillips, David Phillips, Anna Phillips Brother: Garvin Phillips – Corinth, MS Sister: Ruby Rickman – Corinth, MS Other Relatives and a host of friends Pallbearers: Bobby Warren, Gene Calvary, Gilbert Wooten, Jimmy Burrell, Leevirle Shipman, David Shipman, Harold Rushing, McCoy Phillips Preceded in Death Wife of 67 years: Dorothy Lorene Conn Phillips Parents: John Whitfield & Josephine Price Phillips Brothers: Millard D. Phillips, Russell Phillips, Jimmy Phillips Sisters: Cleo Shipman, Eunice Bugg, Callie Douglas, Emma James