OBIT: Lucy (JENKINS) PHILLIPS, 1946, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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LUCY JENKINS PHILLIPS

  Mrs. Lucy (Jenkins) Phillips, widow of James Phillips and former long-time 
resident of Meyersdale and vicinity, died at her home in Fairmont, W.Va., 
Wednesday night, Dec. 26, at the ripe age of 94 years, after a lingering 
illness, due to infirmities incident to old age.
  She was born Oct. 25, 1851, in Frostburg, Md., a daughter of Thomas and 
Rebecca Jenkins.  Her husband passed away in 1933.  She is survived by one 
daughter, Miss Olive Phillips, of Fairmont, W.Va., who cared for her during her 
last years, and four sons - Milton J. of Edinboro Lake, Pa.; Howard and Charles 
A., Meyersdale, and Harry, Vandergrift, Pa.  One son, Walter, of New Brighton, 
Pa., died in 1918, and one daughter, Miss Fanny, of Fairmont, W.Va., in 1940.
  Surviving also are a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
  Mr. and Mrs. Phillips came to the Meyersdale community from Ursina, Pa., where 
he had been engaged in farming, many years ago, and lived at Shaw Mines where he 
was mine boss, for 18 years, after which they lived in Meyersdale for 18 more 
years, and moved to Fairmont, W.Va., in 1910.
  Mrs. Phillips was a devoted wife and mother, a kind neighbor and a lifelong 
member of the Methodist Church.
  Funeral services for the aged lady were conducted by her pastor in Fairmont 
last Friday evening, and on Saturday her body was brought to Meyersdale, and on 
arrival here was taken directly to Union Cemetery for interment in the family 
plot.  Only the immediate members of her family and a few other relatives saw 
her laid to rest.

Meyersdale Republican, January 3, 1946