I learned of this death yesterday. Mary Evelyn taught at KES for many years. Her husband had family roots in our area.
Mary Evelyn Phillips, 61, of McComb, died Jan. 9, 2011, at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center.
Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home in McComb and continues 10 a.m. Thursday until services at 11 at the funeral home. The Rev. Ed Sudduth will officiate. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.
Mrs. Phillips was born Oct. 17, 1949, in McComb. She was the daughter of Nell Polk Newman of McComb and the late H.D. Newman.
She retired from the Tangipahoa Parish School System, where she taught for 37 years in Kentwood, La. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Magnolia.
Survivors include her husband, Stroud Phillips of McComb; her mother, Nell; a daughter, Melessa P. Walker of McComb; a son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Malissa Phillips of Nashville; a brother, Leslie D. Newman; a granddaughter, Sarah Beth Walker; four sisters-in-law, Sandra Bothwell, Dr. Lessa Phillips, Anne Worley and Nancy Newman; a brother-in-law, Chris Phillips; and a nephew, Matthew Newman.
Share condolences at Hartman-Sharkeyfuneralhome.com.
The Prayer Link 