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Carrie Mae Phillips, Taylor County, KY (1929-2015)

She was the matriarch of a highly regarded family. She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where she was a faithful member of the Adult Women #3 Sunday School Class. She was former co-owner of Phillips Seed House, a farmer and a bookkeeper. She was the widow of Billie Phillips, her husband of over 59 years. She leaves 48 direct living descendants.
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Carrie Mae Phillips, 86, of Campbellsville, KY, died at 10:20amET, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Greensburg, KY.

The funeral service was at 1pmCT/2pmET, Saturday, June 13, 2015 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY by Dr. James Jones. Burial is in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens, 700 Old US 68, Campbellsville, KY. Visitation was 4pm-7pmCT/5pm-8pmCT, Friday, June 12, 2015.



Pallbearers: Grandsons.

Honorary Pallbearers: Adult Women #3 Sunday School Class

Carrie Mae Phillips, Taylor County, KY (1929-2015)

Carrie Mae Phillips was the daughter of the late Charlie Campbell and Flossie Mae Colvin Campbell. She was born May 9, 1929 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Greensburg, Green County, KY, at the age of 86 years, one month and one day.

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where she was a faithful member of the Adult Women #3 Sunday School Class. She was former co-owner of Phillips Seed House, a farmer and a bookkeeper.

She united in marriage to Billie Phillips August 22, 1947. He preceded her in death September 27, 2006.

She is survived by The following:
  • Four sons and three daughters: Bobby Phillips and wife, Becky; Kenny Phillips and wife Susan; Charles Phillips and wife, Gayle; Richard Phillips and wife, Marnie; Betty Preston and husband, Marvin all of Campbellsville, KY; Barbara Clark and husband, Don, of Ninety Six, South Carolina; and Jeannie Phillips and Betty Curtis, a very special friend who is like a daughter, of Sarasota, Florida

  • Seventeen grandchildren: Christy Parks, Rod Phillips, Robyn P. Sollberger, Rikki Moss, Eric Clark, Adam Clark, Matthew Clark, Caleb Clark, Jeremy Bishop, Karri Cox, Amber Nash, Nicole Driver, Will Phillips, Edlynn Phillips, Lauren Phillips, Hannah Phillips, John Michael Phillips

  • Twenty-four great-grandchildren

  • One brother and three sisters: C.W. Campbell of Blackshear, Georgia; Nora Susan Jarboe Of Louisville, KY; Lena Harmon and Helen Burris of Campbellsville, KY

  • Several nieces and nephews

  • and many other relatives and friends.
She was also preceded in death by one brother and one sister, George Robert Campbell and Louise Roberts.

The Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY, in charge of arrangements.

Send a condolence to the family of Mrs. Carrie Mae Phillips

Expressions of sympathy requested to be donations to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Building Fund and may be made at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.


This story was posted on 2015-06-13 16:24:33.
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