Obituaries:  Mrs. Rachel Fore Phillips, Sabine Parish       P-412
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 5, 1987
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Rachel Fore Phillips (Photo)

  Mrs. Rachel Fore Phillips, 85, of Many, died in the Lady of the
Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, on February 2, 1987, at 12:50 a.m.,
after an extended illness.

  Funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m., in the
First Baptist Church of Many, with the Rev. Joe Ratcliff
officiating. Interment was in the Many Cemetery, under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Phillips laid in state at the Funeral Home from 10 a.m.,
until service time on Tuesday.

  Mrs. Phillips is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom F. Phillips of Sunshine; two brothers, Bert Fore, and
Calvin Fore of Arkansas; one sister, Mrs. Ray White of Arkansas;
and three grandchildren, Louis, Ben, and Thomas Phillips, all of
Sunshine.

  Mrs. Phillips was the widow of Tom M. "Pappy" Phillips, a long
time Sheriff of Sabine Parish. She was a retired teacher, having
taught in the Sabine Parish Schools for over 39 years, was a
member of the Sabine Parish Retired Teacher's Association, member
of the National Educational Association, and a member of the
Louisiana Teacher's Association. She was a member of the First
Baptist Church for 59 years, and taught the T E L Sunday School
class for over 25 years.

  Pallbearers were her grandsons, Louis, Ben, and Thomas Phillips,
Pete Abington, Kerlin Sutton, Cary Johnson Jr., and two nephews,
John Richard White, and Don White.