CLARA NELL (YEISER) PHILLIPS
DAUGHTER OF:
Jay and Ethel Nowlin Yeiser
WIFE OF:
Henry C. Phillips, Jr.
PREDECEASED BY:
Her parents; her husband; one son: Warren Watt Phillips.
She was a graduate of Virginia Intermont College and Vanderbilt University and worked as a statistician for Bell Aircraft during World War II.
She was an educator for thirteen years in Wayne County, Tennessee.
She attended the First Christian Church and served on the cabinet of the Tennessee Christian Women's Fellowship for many years and was president from 1965 to 1969.
She served in many capacities with the Tennessee Board of Christian Church, Disciples of Christ and the national General Board of the Disciples of Christ as well as serving on many charity boards. One of her special interest was public libraries, serving on the Blue Grass Regional Library Board. She served on the local and regional board of the Caney Fork Region as president in Dunlap, Tennessee.
SURVIVORS:
Two sons: Henry C. Phillips, III (Cathye) and Jay Yeiser Phillips (Latricia); four grandchildren: Holley Dougherty (Robert), Sarah Collins (Dax), Henry Clay Phillips, IV (Michelle) and Matthew Warren Phillips; five great-grandchildren: Jayson and Emilie Phillips, Maxwell and Juliana Dougherty, Lila Collins and Carson Phillips Burns; and a host of extended family and many good friends.
SERVICES:
Graveside services held September 17, 2015 at 11:00 AM under direction of Shackelford Funeral Directors.
DAUGHTER OF:
Jay and Ethel Nowlin Yeiser
WIFE OF:
Henry C. Phillips, Jr.
PREDECEASED BY:
Her parents; her husband; one son: Warren Watt Phillips.
She was a graduate of Virginia Intermont College and Vanderbilt University and worked as a statistician for Bell Aircraft during World War II.
She was an educator for thirteen years in Wayne County, Tennessee.
She attended the First Christian Church and served on the cabinet of the Tennessee Christian Women's Fellowship for many years and was president from 1965 to 1969.
She served in many capacities with the Tennessee Board of Christian Church, Disciples of Christ and the national General Board of the Disciples of Christ as well as serving on many charity boards. One of her special interest was public libraries, serving on the Blue Grass Regional Library Board. She served on the local and regional board of the Caney Fork Region as president in Dunlap, Tennessee.
SURVIVORS:
Two sons: Henry C. Phillips, III (Cathye) and Jay Yeiser Phillips (Latricia); four grandchildren: Holley Dougherty (Robert), Sarah Collins (Dax), Henry Clay Phillips, IV (Michelle) and Matthew Warren Phillips; five great-grandchildren: Jayson and Emilie Phillips, Maxwell and Juliana Dougherty, Lila Collins and Carson Phillips Burns; and a host of extended family and many good friends.
SERVICES:
Graveside services held September 17, 2015 at 11:00 AM under direction of Shackelford Funeral Directors.
CLARA NELL (YEISER) PHILLIPS
DAUGHTER OF:
Jay and Ethel Nowlin Yeiser
WIFE OF:
Henry C. Phillips, Jr.
PREDECEASED BY:
Her parents; her husband; one son: Warren Watt Phillips.
She was a graduate of Virginia Intermont College and Vanderbilt University and worked as a statistician for Bell Aircraft during World War II.
She was an educator for thirteen years in Wayne County, Tennessee.
She attended the First Christian Church and served on the cabinet of the Tennessee Christian Women's Fellowship for many years and was president from 1965 to 1969.
She served in many capacities with the Tennessee Board of Christian Church, Disciples of Christ and the national General Board of the Disciples of Christ as well as serving on many charity boards. One of her special interest was public libraries, serving on the Blue Grass Regional Library Board. She served on the local and regional board of the Caney Fork Region as president in Dunlap, Tennessee.
SURVIVORS:
Two sons: Henry C. Phillips, III (Cathye) and Jay Yeiser Phillips (Latricia); four grandchildren: Holley Dougherty (Robert), Sarah Collins (Dax), Henry Clay Phillips, IV (Michelle) and Matthew Warren Phillips; five great-grandchildren: Jayson and Emilie Phillips, Maxwell and Juliana Dougherty, Lila Collins and Carson Phillips Burns; and a host of extended family and many good friends.
SERVICES:
Graveside services held September 17, 2015 at 11:00 AM under direction of Shackelford Funeral Directors.
DAUGHTER OF:
Jay and Ethel Nowlin Yeiser
WIFE OF:
Henry C. Phillips, Jr.
PREDECEASED BY:
Her parents; her husband; one son: Warren Watt Phillips.
She was a graduate of Virginia Intermont College and Vanderbilt University and worked as a statistician for Bell Aircraft during World War II.
She was an educator for thirteen years in Wayne County, Tennessee.
She attended the First Christian Church and served on the cabinet of the Tennessee Christian Women's Fellowship for many years and was president from 1965 to 1969.
She served in many capacities with the Tennessee Board of Christian Church, Disciples of Christ and the national General Board of the Disciples of Christ as well as serving on many charity boards. One of her special interest was public libraries, serving on the Blue Grass Regional Library Board. She served on the local and regional board of the Caney Fork Region as president in Dunlap, Tennessee.
SURVIVORS:
Two sons: Henry C. Phillips, III (Cathye) and Jay Yeiser Phillips (Latricia); four grandchildren: Holley Dougherty (Robert), Sarah Collins (Dax), Henry Clay Phillips, IV (Michelle) and Matthew Warren Phillips; five great-grandchildren: Jayson and Emilie Phillips, Maxwell and Juliana Dougherty, Lila Collins and Carson Phillips Burns; and a host of extended family and many good friends.
SERVICES:
Graveside services held September 17, 2015 at 11:00 AM under direction of Shackelford Funeral Directors.
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