William "Billy" Mix Phillips, 73, of Amarillo died Tuesday, April 13, 2004.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in South Georgia Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Miller, minister, and the Rev. Jim Brown, minister of Monterey Baptist Church in Lubbock, officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Citizen's Cemetery in Clarendon by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mr. Phillips was born in White Deer on May 21, 1930. He attended schools in White Face, Klondike and graduated from Lelia Lake High School in 1948, where he was active in basketball and track. He attended Clarendon Junior College in 1950, where he was awarded a scholarship in boxing and basketball. He married Margie Nell Crofford at Martin Baptist Church on June 21, 1950. They spent 50 of their 53 plus years together in Amarillo.
He was employed with the Postal Service for 36 years as a carrier. There, he received a million-mile safe driving award and recognition for superior service. He was a member of the National Letter Carriers Association and sang in a quartet at the Texas State Letter Carriers Convention. He sang with the Panhandle Singing Men before he became ill.
While employed with the Postal Service, Bill also served as a music minister, serving more than 50 years of full-time and interim work in many Baptist churches throughout the Texas Panhandle, one being the First Baptist Church of Claude, where he served for 15 years. During that time, many muscial programs were done by the choir. He also served as director of the senior adult ministry for Amarillo Baptist Association. He received the honor of doing music at the Old Fields Baptist Church in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina on the 200th year anniversary. Many of his ancestors were ordained to the ministry or were active in this church. In 1952, Bill and his wife, Margie, were instrumental in helping start a Baptist mission in Burlington, Colo., which is now First Southern Baptist Church of Burlington.
We would like to extend out sincere thanks and appreciation for the support given to us during Bill's illness. The prayers, visits, calls, cards, food and flowers from all of our friends have been graciously given from hearts of love and caring. May God bless each of you in an extra special way.
The family would also like to extend a special thanks for Bill's doctors and nurses at BSA Hospital and BSA Hospice for the tender care and support they showed us at this time.
God blessed Bill with the gifts of music and a love for people. Both of these gifts will touch many lives for years to come. He was a great son, son-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, cousin, husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather and friend. Most of all, he loved the Lord.
He was preceded in deah by his father, the Rev. Ernest A. Phillips in 1961; his mother, Maybelle Weddle Phillips in 1968; a brother, Ralph Alfred, Marines, in 1958; and a sister, Mayrene Hearn in 1985.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Marla Gail Johnson and husband, Tommy, of Oklahoma City; a son, Bradley Mix Phillips of Amarillo; a brother, Tommy Phillips and wife, Ruth; three grandsons, Michael Brett Shadix of Oklahoma City, and Bradley Bates and Justin Taylor Phillips, both of Amarillo; two stepgrandsons, Anthony and Stevie Johnson; five nephews; and four nieces.
The family suggests memorials be to United We Build Fund at South Georgia Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Amarillo Globe-News, April 16, 2004
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in South Georgia Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Miller, minister, and the Rev. Jim Brown, minister of Monterey Baptist Church in Lubbock, officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Citizen's Cemetery in Clarendon by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mr. Phillips was born in White Deer on May 21, 1930. He attended schools in White Face, Klondike and graduated from Lelia Lake High School in 1948, where he was active in basketball and track. He attended Clarendon Junior College in 1950, where he was awarded a scholarship in boxing and basketball. He married Margie Nell Crofford at Martin Baptist Church on June 21, 1950. They spent 50 of their 53 plus years together in Amarillo.
He was employed with the Postal Service for 36 years as a carrier. There, he received a million-mile safe driving award and recognition for superior service. He was a member of the National Letter Carriers Association and sang in a quartet at the Texas State Letter Carriers Convention. He sang with the Panhandle Singing Men before he became ill.
While employed with the Postal Service, Bill also served as a music minister, serving more than 50 years of full-time and interim work in many Baptist churches throughout the Texas Panhandle, one being the First Baptist Church of Claude, where he served for 15 years. During that time, many muscial programs were done by the choir. He also served as director of the senior adult ministry for Amarillo Baptist Association. He received the honor of doing music at the Old Fields Baptist Church in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina on the 200th year anniversary. Many of his ancestors were ordained to the ministry or were active in this church. In 1952, Bill and his wife, Margie, were instrumental in helping start a Baptist mission in Burlington, Colo., which is now First Southern Baptist Church of Burlington.
We would like to extend out sincere thanks and appreciation for the support given to us during Bill's illness. The prayers, visits, calls, cards, food and flowers from all of our friends have been graciously given from hearts of love and caring. May God bless each of you in an extra special way.
The family would also like to extend a special thanks for Bill's doctors and nurses at BSA Hospital and BSA Hospice for the tender care and support they showed us at this time.
God blessed Bill with the gifts of music and a love for people. Both of these gifts will touch many lives for years to come. He was a great son, son-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, cousin, husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather and friend. Most of all, he loved the Lord.
He was preceded in deah by his father, the Rev. Ernest A. Phillips in 1961; his mother, Maybelle Weddle Phillips in 1968; a brother, Ralph Alfred, Marines, in 1958; and a sister, Mayrene Hearn in 1985.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Marla Gail Johnson and husband, Tommy, of Oklahoma City; a son, Bradley Mix Phillips of Amarillo; a brother, Tommy Phillips and wife, Ruth; three grandsons, Michael Brett Shadix of Oklahoma City, and Bradley Bates and Justin Taylor Phillips, both of Amarillo; two stepgrandsons, Anthony and Stevie Johnson; five nephews; and four nieces.
The family suggests memorials be to United We Build Fund at South Georgia Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Amarillo Globe-News, April 16, 2004
William "Billy" Mix Phillips, 73, of Amarillo died Tuesday, April 13, 2004.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in South Georgia Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Miller, minister, and the Rev. Jim Brown, minister of Monterey Baptist Church in Lubbock, officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Citizen's Cemetery in Clarendon by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mr. Phillips was born in White Deer on May 21, 1930. He attended schools in White Face, Klondike and graduated from Lelia Lake High School in 1948, where he was active in basketball and track. He attended Clarendon Junior College in 1950, where he was awarded a scholarship in boxing and basketball. He married Margie Nell Crofford at Martin Baptist Church on June 21, 1950. They spent 50 of their 53 plus years together in Amarillo.
He was employed with the Postal Service for 36 years as a carrier. There, he received a million-mile safe driving award and recognition for superior service. He was a member of the National Letter Carriers Association and sang in a quartet at the Texas State Letter Carriers Convention. He sang with the Panhandle Singing Men before he became ill.
While employed with the Postal Service, Bill also served as a music minister, serving more than 50 years of full-time and interim work in many Baptist churches throughout the Texas Panhandle, one being the First Baptist Church of Claude, where he served for 15 years. During that time, many muscial programs were done by the choir. He also served as director of the senior adult ministry for Amarillo Baptist Association. He received the honor of doing music at the Old Fields Baptist Church in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina on the 200th year anniversary. Many of his ancestors were ordained to the ministry or were active in this church. In 1952, Bill and his wife, Margie, were instrumental in helping start a Baptist mission in Burlington, Colo., which is now First Southern Baptist Church of Burlington.
We would like to extend out sincere thanks and appreciation for the support given to us during Bill's illness. The prayers, visits, calls, cards, food and flowers from all of our friends have been graciously given from hearts of love and caring. May God bless each of you in an extra special way.
The family would also like to extend a special thanks for Bill's doctors and nurses at BSA Hospital and BSA Hospice for the tender care and support they showed us at this time.
God blessed Bill with the gifts of music and a love for people. Both of these gifts will touch many lives for years to come. He was a great son, son-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, cousin, husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather and friend. Most of all, he loved the Lord.
He was preceded in deah by his father, the Rev. Ernest A. Phillips in 1961; his mother, Maybelle Weddle Phillips in 1968; a brother, Ralph Alfred, Marines, in 1958; and a sister, Mayrene Hearn in 1985.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Marla Gail Johnson and husband, Tommy, of Oklahoma City; a son, Bradley Mix Phillips of Amarillo; a brother, Tommy Phillips and wife, Ruth; three grandsons, Michael Brett Shadix of Oklahoma City, and Bradley Bates and Justin Taylor Phillips, both of Amarillo; two stepgrandsons, Anthony and Stevie Johnson; five nephews; and four nieces.
The family suggests memorials be to United We Build Fund at South Georgia Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Amarillo Globe-News, April 16, 2004
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in South Georgia Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Miller, minister, and the Rev. Jim Brown, minister of Monterey Baptist Church in Lubbock, officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Citizen's Cemetery in Clarendon by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mr. Phillips was born in White Deer on May 21, 1930. He attended schools in White Face, Klondike and graduated from Lelia Lake High School in 1948, where he was active in basketball and track. He attended Clarendon Junior College in 1950, where he was awarded a scholarship in boxing and basketball. He married Margie Nell Crofford at Martin Baptist Church on June 21, 1950. They spent 50 of their 53 plus years together in Amarillo.
He was employed with the Postal Service for 36 years as a carrier. There, he received a million-mile safe driving award and recognition for superior service. He was a member of the National Letter Carriers Association and sang in a quartet at the Texas State Letter Carriers Convention. He sang with the Panhandle Singing Men before he became ill.
While employed with the Postal Service, Bill also served as a music minister, serving more than 50 years of full-time and interim work in many Baptist churches throughout the Texas Panhandle, one being the First Baptist Church of Claude, where he served for 15 years. During that time, many muscial programs were done by the choir. He also served as director of the senior adult ministry for Amarillo Baptist Association. He received the honor of doing music at the Old Fields Baptist Church in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina on the 200th year anniversary. Many of his ancestors were ordained to the ministry or were active in this church. In 1952, Bill and his wife, Margie, were instrumental in helping start a Baptist mission in Burlington, Colo., which is now First Southern Baptist Church of Burlington.
We would like to extend out sincere thanks and appreciation for the support given to us during Bill's illness. The prayers, visits, calls, cards, food and flowers from all of our friends have been graciously given from hearts of love and caring. May God bless each of you in an extra special way.
The family would also like to extend a special thanks for Bill's doctors and nurses at BSA Hospital and BSA Hospice for the tender care and support they showed us at this time.
God blessed Bill with the gifts of music and a love for people. Both of these gifts will touch many lives for years to come. He was a great son, son-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, cousin, husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather and friend. Most of all, he loved the Lord.
He was preceded in deah by his father, the Rev. Ernest A. Phillips in 1961; his mother, Maybelle Weddle Phillips in 1968; a brother, Ralph Alfred, Marines, in 1958; and a sister, Mayrene Hearn in 1985.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Marla Gail Johnson and husband, Tommy, of Oklahoma City; a son, Bradley Mix Phillips of Amarillo; a brother, Tommy Phillips and wife, Ruth; three grandsons, Michael Brett Shadix of Oklahoma City, and Bradley Bates and Justin Taylor Phillips, both of Amarillo; two stepgrandsons, Anthony and Stevie Johnson; five nephews; and four nieces.
The family suggests memorials be to United We Build Fund at South Georgia Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Amarillo Globe-News, April 16, 2004
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