Young County, TX -- Obituaries - Jo Ann (Hitch) Phillips

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Graham Leader - Friday, December 17, 2004

Jo Ann (Hitch) Phillips, 71, of Olney died Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004, in Wichita
Falls. Graveside services were held Friday, Dec.17, at Throckmorton Cemetery
with the Rev. John Sanders, pastor of First United Methodist Church of
Throckmorton, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Lunn Funeral
Home.

Mrs. Phillips was born Sept. 20, 1933, in Throckmorton to the late Tom and Ella
Mae (Fletcher) Hitch. She graduated from Throckmorton High School in 1952 and
worked for many years as a secretary and bookkeeper. She married James H. "Jim"
Phillips Dec. 20, 1976, in Sulphur Springs. He preceded her in death Feb. 11,
2002. She moved to Throckmorton in 1981, and then to Olney in 2000. She was a
member of First United Methodist Church of Elbert.

She was preceded in death by five brothers, Bob, Shirley, Harold, Pete and
Tommy; and two sisters, Betty Corn and Donna Carpenter.

Survivors include a stepson, Tim Phillips of Mineola; a brother, Jerry Hitch of
Breckenridge; four sisters, Mary Nell Rodgers of Olney, Gina Brown of Graham,
and Dianna Manuel and Bessie Hitch, both of Wichita Falls; and numerous nieces
and nephews.