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Virgil C. PHILLIPS

Abernathy (aka IOOF, aka Odd Fellows) Cemetery
Hale County,
Texas

Virgil C.
June 24, 1925-November 9, 2012

Please see military marker

Joanna M.
March 23, 1933-July 24, 2005

Please see closeup view

Married September 2, 1970

Photo, courtesy of Kay Marshall
*Obituary for Virgil
Virgil Phillips, 87, of Plainview passed away on Friday, November 9, 2012 in Lubbock. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, at the Family Life Center Chapel of the First Baptist Church with Dr. Tim Marrow officiating. Burial will follow in Abernathy Cemetery under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview.

Mr. Phillips was born on June 24, 1925 in Abernathy, Texas to Charles and Flossie Phillips.

He grew up and attended schools in Abernathy. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He worked on the family farm and farmed his whole life. He also owned and operated a Ranch in Honey Grove, Texas and a Peanut Farm in Paris, Texas. He retired from farming in 1995. He was a very giving person a supported many cause over the years. He loved to travel and take bus tours. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Plainview and also a member of the Beef Master's Association.

Virgil was preceded in death by his first wife, Elouise Stambaugh. He was also preceded in death by his second wife, Joanna Myers; a son, Jim Myers Smith; daughter, Belynda Ann Carr; parents, Charles and Flossie Phillips; and three brothers, Cecil, Bryan, and Carl Phillips. Survivors include three daughters, Janice Phillips Wade and husband Lane of Richmond, Texas, Lynne Phillips Matlock and husband Sam of Tulia, Kim McCarrell and husband Garvin of Colorado Springs, Colo.; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Helen Taylor of Marble Falls, Texas.


Published in The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

*Obituary for Joanna
Services for Joanna Phillips, 72, of Plainview will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2005, at First Baptist Church in Plainview with Dr. Travis Hart officiating. Burial will be at Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home of Abernathy.

Mrs. Phillips died Sunday, July 24, at her home.

She was born to Robert Evert and Doris Lucille Myers March 23, 1933 in Lubbock County. She graduated from New Deal High School. She married Virgil C. Phillips Sept. 2, 1970 in Casper, Wyo.

She is survived by her husband, Virgil Phillips of Plainview; four daughters, Belynda Carr of Idalou, Kim McCarrell of Amarillo, Janice Wade of Richmond, and Lynn Matlock of Tulia; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Robert Evert Myers, Jr. of Lubbock. She is preceded by her parents; a sister, Lucille Merle Riggs, in 2001; and a son, Jim Myers, in April 1985. Source: Abell Funeral Home.

Contributed on 8/31/20 by neldapat
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Submitted: 8/31/20 • Approved: 8/31/20 • Last Updated: 9/3/20 • R348065-G348065-S3

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