Submitted by Ann Pearson


Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Anne Pearson, 8/2001
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This obituary was in the Bernice Paper,  not sure of the exact date.
Thomas Kade Phillips death date was May 22, 1939.



Bernice's Oldest Citizen Passed Away Wednesday

   T. K. (Uncle Tom) Phillips, passed away last Wednesay morning at 7:OO
o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.  L. Key, two and a half
miles southeast of town, after an illness of several weeks.
   Mr. Phillips passed his 88th birthday last August 24th. He came to
Louisiana in 1858 from the state of Alabama with his parents, who
settled near Vienna in what is now Lincoln Parish.
  Mr. Phillips was a devout member of the Methodist Church.  He had
operated a retail seed business in Bernice for the past eight years. His
wife, who before their marriage was Miss Pamela Tanner , preceded him in
death some 28 years.
  Surviving Mr. Phillips are two sons, L. M. Phillips, connected with
the Tech faculty  Ruston and S. E. Phillips of Shreveport; three
daughters, Mrs. Mattie Key of Bernice, with whom he made his home; Mrs.
Lizzie Mc Culler and Mrs. Susie Green, both of near Bernice; also 28
grandchildren and many other relatives.

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Note:  Thomas Kade Phillips b. 24 Aug. 1851 died  22  May 1939 is buried in
Pine Grove Cemetary  in Union  Parish. He  was son of Malachi W.
Phillips and Esther Sarah (Susan ) Lester . 

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