James Monroe "Jimmy" Phillips^[1]

1928 - 2015  (87 years)

• Name	James Monroe "Jimmy" Phillips
  Born	27 Jan 1928
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jun 2015	St. Barnabas Nursing Facility @ Siskin Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee   [2]
  Buried	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I202021	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Robert Delmas Phillips,   b. 12 Jan 1907, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Oct 1981  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Connie DeVore,   b. 9 Jan 1912,   d. 12 Dec 1997  (Age 85 years)
  Married	2 Jan 1928	Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Family ID	F158594	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Lillian Janie Ford,   b. 14 Jun 1931, Edwina, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Oct 2006  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Abt 1953
  Children	1. Melissa J. Phillips + 2. Jamie D. Phillips
  Family ID	F76856	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 25 Oct 2006. Lillian J. Phillips obituary [S124] Brown Funeral Home, Newport, Tennessee, (http://www.newportfunerals.com), 3 Jun 2015. (January 27, 1928 - June 3, 2015) James Monroe Phillips, age 87, Morristown, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at the St. Barnabas Nursing Facility @ Siskin Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. James was a deacon at the Hillcrest Baptist Church. He served as Staff Sargent in the US Air Force. He was a graduate of Tennessee Tech University with a BS degree in Biology and earned a M Ed from East Tennessee State University in Education Administration. He worked as a teacher and coach at Cosby High School, Cocke County High School, Maury High School (Dandridge) and Morristown Hamblen West High School and was also Assistant Principal at Morristown Hamblen West High School. He was preceded in death by his wife Lillian Jane Ford Phillips, his parents, Robert Delmas and Connie Devore Phillips, and brother, Charles Eugene Phillips. He is survived by his daughters, Melissa J. Phillips of Chattanooga and Jamie D. (Curt) Wallace of Georgia, two grandchildren, Lara W. (Travis) Keith and Katie W. (Matt) Moon, and two great grandchildren, James C. Keith and Emma Kathryn Moon. Family will receive friends Saturday, June 6, 2015 from 3pm-4pm with funeral service to follow at 4pm in the Brown Funeral Home Chapel. Private graveside service will be held in the Union Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to www.brownfuneralhomenewport.com The family respectfully asks, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Hillcrest Baptist Church. Brown Funeral Home is honored to serve the Phillips family. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 147442854). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: Delmas Phillips Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 02 Jan 1928 Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States Spouse's Name: Connie Devore "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12456-58059-74?cc=1619127 : accessed 7 June 2015), 004485970 > image 1690 of 1842; county courthouses, Tennessee.