Loyal Lee Phillips 1920-2002 Obituary
Loyal Lee Phillips, 82, a resident of Raines Trailer Court, Glenmore community, Elkins, departed this life early Friday morning, Nov. 29, 2002, at Davis Memorial Hospital. His death was unexpected and attributed to heart failure.
He was born Tuesday, May 4, 1920, at Ellamore, the son of the late Lee Silas Phillips and Grace Marguerite Smith Phillips.
On Dec. 24, 1940, he was married to the former Lillian Namha Crites, who survives. They had celebrated 61 years of marriage.
Also surviving are one son, James Neil Phillips, Chillicothe, Ohio; two daughters, Betty Lee Phillips Smith and husband, Franklin Junior Smith, Junior, and Wilda Ruth Phillips Tuesing Stieringer, Elkins; one brother, Delmas Paul Phillips and wife, Nancy Phillips, Coraopolis, Pa.; one sister, Wanda R. Siler and husband, Joe L. Siler, Elkins; 16 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Rosalie Huff.
Loyal attended the schools of Ellamore, was a veteran of World War II and served with the U.S. Army as a Technician Fifth Grade, and was a truck driver for over 42 years for the Valley Supply Company, retiring in June 1986.
He was a former member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Friends will be received at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home chapel at 11 a.m. Monday.
The Rev. Doyle Neil Rider will officiate and entombment will follow at the Mountain State Memorial Gardens Mausoleum at Gilman where H.W. Daniels Post 29 American Legion and Tygarts Valley Post 3647 Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct full military rites.
The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Loyal Lee Phillips. www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.
Loyal Lee Phillips 1920-2002 Obituary
