MRS. WILLIE K. PHILLIPS

November 16, 1923 – November 15, 2011 

IVA, SC - Mrs. Willie Kate Phillips, age 87 of 1709 Barnes Station Road, wife of the late Dewitt Talmadge Phillips, died November 15, 2011.

Born in Anderson County, SC on November 16, 1923, Mrs. Phillips was the daughter of the late Alvin Whitman and Linnie Betsie Whitman.  She was a member of Martin’s Grove Emmanuel Holiness Church in Iva.  She worked 35 years at Burlington Mills in Calhoun Falls. 

Survivors include her daughters,, Betty Joyce Lewis of Iva,  Mary Grace Beasley of Belton and Carolyn June Peeples of Fair Play; brothers; Talmadge A. Whitman of Honea Path and Donald Ray Whitman of Iva; sister, Linnie Ruth McCullough of Iva; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great grandchildren.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by a son, Richard Douglas Phillips and brother, Julian “Mickey” Whitman.  

The Funeral Service will be held on Friday, November 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm at Martin’s Grove Emmanuel Holiness Church in Iva, officiated by Rev. Ricky Bledsoe and Rev. Charles Howell.  Interment will follow in Smyrna Cemetery in Lowndesville, SC. 

The family will be at the residence of Jackie and Tony Brown, 512 Johnny Long Road, Iva, SC and will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm.  Mrs. Phillips will be placed in the church at 2:00 pm on Friday. 

Flowers will be accepted. 

A message of condolence may be sent by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com