Hildred Genevieve Phillips' Obituary
Hildred Genevieve Phillips 96, died Thrsday, August 18, at the Broken Arrow Nursing Home. She had lived in Tulsa and Broken Arrow for ten years. She was born October 11, 1914 in Stringtown, Indiana, the daughter of Lester and Alice Eakin. She graduated from high school in High Springs, Florida, in 1932. She attended Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville where she met her husband , Robert Bryant Phillips (deceased in 1984). They were married in Tampa, Florida , in 1933 and celebrated their fifieth anniversary in 1983. Her husband was a minister in the Church of the Nazarene for 40 years during which time Mrs. Phillips assisted him by being the piantist in the services. They retired in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1975. Mrs. Phillips is survived by five children: Robert Stanley Phillips of Lawton Oklahoma , Julia Alice Kelly of Wausau , Wisconsin, James Lewis Phillips of Tulsa, Joseph Warner Phillips of Broken Arrow, and Deborah Anne Payne of Broken Arrow. She is survived by eight grandchildren: R. Bruce Phillips of San Antonio, Brian Phillips of Edmond, Oklahoma, John Wesley Kelly of Wausau, Wisconsin , James Phillips of New York City, Vivian Jenkins of Tulsa, Cynthia Masterson of Seattle, B. Sean Payne of Broken Arrow and Ryan Payne of Brampton, England. She is also survived by nine great-grandchildren and six-great-great grandchildren. Mrs Phillips’ was a seamstress by profession until the age of 85. She enjoyed her passions of sewing, crafting and doll collecting from the time she was a child. Mrs. Phillips’ memorial service will be Saturday, August 27, at 3:00 Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel in Broken Arrow. She will be buried beside her husband in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
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