Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Mattie Alva (Lewis) Phillips
March 30, 1912 - January 29, 2014

Mattie Alva Phillips, 101, of Fairfield, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014. 
Graveside services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 
Fairfield Cemetery. Visitation will follow at the home of Chuck and Shelly Lyles 
at 221 Laurel Lane, Fairfield, TX 75840. 

Mrs. Phillips was born March 30, 1912 in Echola, Alabama; to parents Rufus Z. and 
Susie Reece Lewis. For over fifteen years she worked at the Dinner Bell Cafeteria 
in Houston. She had been a Fairfield resident since the early 1970’s having 
moved here from Houston. In Fairfield she was a member of First Baptist Church 
and very active in Chapter 331 O.E.S. In addition to her parents she was preceded 
in death by her husband, H. A. Phillips; two sons, James Lyles and Gene Lyles 
and his wife Twila; a daughter, Ruby White and her husband Bud; eleven brothers 
and sisters; four grandchildren. 

Left to cherish her memory is four grandsons, Ronnie Lyles and wife Andrea of 
Grand Prairie, TX; Chuck Lyles and wife Shelly of Fairfield; Jimmy and Rusty 
White of Houston; four great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren and 
one great-great-great-granddaughter. 

Graveside Services
Saturday February 1, 2014, 1:00 p.m. at Fairfield Cemetery 

Visitation
Saturday February 1, 2014, following graves at Home of Chuck & Shelly Lyles