Walter Baird Phillips
April 1, 1917 ~ August 18, 2004
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Walter B. Phillips, 87, of 118 Pennsylvania Avenue, Asheville, died Wednesday, August 18, 2004, at St. Joseph Hospital.
Mr. Phillips was born in Madison County and was a son of the late Charlie L. and Laura Merrill Phillips. He was married to Susan Bridges Phillips who died in 1972 and was also preceded in death by a son, Larry Phillips; a granddaughter, Rhonda Phillips; brothers, Kenneth, Charles, Ralph, Luther and C.L., Jr; sisters, Daisy and Mary Jo.
He was the owner of Phillips Sales Co. and was former assistant manager of Home Security Life Insurance Co. and was also former district manager of Colonial Silver Co. He was a member and trustee of Bull Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Gordon Phillips; a grandson, David Larry Phillips; two great-grandsons; step-children, Revs. Frank and Mary B. Gordon, Mary H. Gordon and Patricia L. Gordon; two step-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchild; several nieces and nephews and special friends, Julius and Karen Abee.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Friday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. E.M. Pettit and Marion Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Bull Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Delbert Burnette officiating.
The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 pm Friday prior to the service and request that memorials be made to Bull Creek Baptist Church, Cemetery Trust Fund, 820 Kelly Hunter Road, Marshall, NC 28753 or to Trinity United Methodist Church/Basic Needs Fund, 587 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806.
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Our deepest sympathies.
Our Love and Prayers are with you and the Family
Our Thoughts and prayers are with Ms. Helen and all Walters Family. He was just a good man and will be missed. We always enjoyed the picnics out on the farm. We must continue these, even though he is gone. It would be a good memorial to him.
Sincerely,
Robert C. Peurifoy
We here at the Mobility Systems Division, Communications and Information Directorate, Air Mobility Command (AMC/A67), Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, would like to express our condolences to Lieutenant Colonel David Phillips and all of the Phillips family. We didn’t have the pleasure to meet Walter, but we have met his grandson, David, who has just arrived here to be the chief of the Enterprise Architecture Branch. As new members of Lieutenant Colonel Phillip’s Air Force family, we are saddened that the Phillips family has had to experience the loss of Mr. Phillips while Lieutenant Colonel Phillips and his family move to Illinois. Our thoughts and prayers will be with them as they continue settling in here at Scott Air Force Base.
Sincerely,
The men and women of the Mobility Systems Division
Our deepest sympathy at this time.
Sincerely,
Jim and Barbara Turpin
Helen, We are very sorry about your husband Walter’s death. May God comfort you and your family.
I want to offer my prayers to you and all the family members on your loss. I am a distant relative of Walter Phillips. My Daddy (Carroll Preston Phillips) was Walter’s 1st cousin. My Daddy’s Father (James Carroll Phillips) and Walter’s Daddy were brothers. I have always meant to look Walter up and get some history, but never got around to it. I’m so very sorry for your loss and will keep you in my prayers.
Nancy (Phillips) Prather
Our condolences to your whole family, in your time of sorrow.
Helen, Frank, Mary, Patty,
So sorry to learn of Walter’s passing. He has fought the good fight, he has finished the race, and now is at rest with all the hosts of heaven. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this time of family loss. Please know that Pris and I remember you all fondly and pray that God will comfort all of you at this time, until we are all joined together once again.