PHILLIPS, Alfred Henry The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1955
Alfred Henry Phillips, 83, retired farmer, died at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, July 6, at his home in Pulaski after a long illness.
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at East Hill Church of Christ. Rites were conducted by Virgil Bradford, minister of the church and burial took place in Cool Spring Cemetery at Goodspring.
Born December 4, 1871, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Henry Phillips and Parilee Herbert Phillips, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
His first wife, Mrs. Ada Dotson Phillips, died many years ago.
Mr. Phillips is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Lena Nance Phillips; six daughters, Mrs. Lester Williams, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Hurtle Jones, Mrs. Robert T. Harrison and Mrs. Osborne Harwell, all of Giles County, Mrs. J. D. Harbison, Nashville, and Mrs. Nelson Eastep, Memphis;
five sons, Elmo Phillips, Nashville, Harvey Phillips, Louisville, Ky., Joe Phillips, Pasadena, Calif., Guy Phillips, Goodspring, Julius Phillips, Memphis; thirty-five grandchildren and twenty-four great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Maudie Jernigan, Goodspring; and one brother, Tom Phillips, Goodspring. Bennett-May and Company, Funeral Directors.
Obit added by C. Wayne Austin.
