CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - J.D. "Nub" Phillips, 12 Mar 2005
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J.D. "Nub" Phillips, 77, Abe Lincoln Court, Elizabethton, died Saturday,
March 12, 2005, in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center after a lengthy
illness.Mr. Phillips was a native of Carter County and the son of the late
George and Bertha Mae Phillips. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death six brothers, Paul, Willie, Bobby, Buck, George Jr. and Clarence "Jerry"
Phillips. Mr. Phillips was a retired employee of the Elizabethton Fire
Department, after working 30 years and retiring in 1989, and also worked at
Hales Drug Store for 20 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and
the Korean War. He was a member of VFW Post No. 2166 and a member of Grace
Baptist Church.Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Corine Buckles
Phillips, and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.Funeral
services for Mr. Phillips will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday March 15, at
Memorial Funeral Chapel with Chaplain Christy Bonner and Rev. Darrell Hardin
officiating. Music will be provided by Kay Collins and Christy Bonner.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, at Happy
Valley Memorial Park with Rev. Chis Hughes officiating. Military graveside
honors will be accorded by the VFW Post No. 2166. Active pallbearers, who are
requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, will be
Fire Chief Mike Shouse, R.L. Hambrick, Mac Merritt, Bill Carter, Clyde Watts,
Bill Miller, Stacey Archer, Ronnie Hill, James Carroll and Steve Dunlap.
Honorary pallbearers will be his family, his longtime friends and neighbors,
and employees and former employees of the Elizabethton Fire Department. The
family would like to express a special thank you to the doctors, nursing staff
and employees of the VA Nursing Home. The family will receive friends from 6
to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel. Friends may also call at the
residence. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral chapel at 10:30
a.m. Wednesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences may be e-mailed to
mfc@chartertn.net.


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