Richland Parish Louisiana obituary of Sarah Nellie Yeates Phillips 
January 7,2003 as printed in the Monroe News Star
Submitted by Dot Golliher




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S ARAH NELLIE YEATES PHILLIPS
 Mulhearn Funeral Home
 Rayville, LA 
Services for Sarah Nellie Yeates Phillips, age 84, of Holly Ridge, LA 
will be held 2 PM January 7, 2003 at Shady Grove Church of God, 
Holly Ridge, LA with Brother John Greer officiating. Burial will be at 
the McKnight Cemetery, Holly Ridge, LA.
She was born February 25, 1918 in Taylor, AR and went home to be with 
her Lord January 5, 2003 at Richland Parish Hospital in Rayville, LA.
With her husband and six children, Mrs. Phillips lived on a cotton farm 
near Holly Ridge. She made many friends through the years with her kind 
heart and ready smile. She was a charter and faithful member of the Shady 
Grove Church of God. She was considered by many to be one of the last of 
the "Old Guard", never wavering from beliefs, customs, and traditions of 
her church. When her health was good, she was a constant visitor to nursing 
homes in the region, bringing hope and cheer to those in need. Mrs. Phillips' 
deep faith sustained her through many hard times and helped her to accept 
those things she could not change with grace and dignity. She had no doubt 
where she was going when her time was up. She did not fear death and looked 
forward to being with the Lord.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William Clinton and Vida Houck Yeates, 
brothers, Robert and Albert Yeates and sister, Lillie Mae Cates.
She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Eddie J. Phillips, children, 
William Edward and wife Judy Dianne of West Monroe, Marie Thompson and husband 
William (Bill) of Monroe, Louise Carroll of Chatham, Kenneth Louis and wife Faye 
of Hampton, GA, Ricky LaRon Phillips of Rayville, and Gary Lane Phillips and wife 
Carolyn of Rayville; grandchildren and great grandchildren: Bill and Bonnie Phillips, 
Elijah of Bald Knobb, AR, Jodi Marie and Bruce Thornton and Cole of West Monroe, LA, 
Cynthia Dawn Meade of Houston, Don Allen Meade of Shreveport, Clif Carroll of Chatham, 
Clay and Teresa Carroll, Elizabeth Louise, Jeffery Clay and Brandon Loyce of Jonesboro, 
LA, Kenneth Craig Phillips of Hampton, GA, Robin and Robbie Williamson, Stephen, Cole, 
and Cristan of Hampton, GA, April Renea Phillips and David Lane Phillips of Rayville, LA.
Grandchildren will be her pallbearers.
She deeply loved the Lord, her family, her church and her friends. She will be greatly missed.