Lillian Janie Ford^[1]

1931 - 2006  (75 years)

• Name	Lillian Janie Ford
  Born	14 Jun 1931	Edwina, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Oct 2006  [2]
  Buried	28 Oct 2006	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I84225	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Rube Ford
  Mother	Cora Clark
  Family ID	F30820	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James Monroe "Jimmy" Phillips,   b. 27 Jan 1928,   d. 3 Jun 2015, St. Barnabas Nursing Facility @ Siskin Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee  (Age 87 years)
  Married	Abt 1953
  Children	1. Melissa J. Phillips + 2. Jamie D. Phillips
  Family ID	F76856	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 14 Jun 1931 - Edwina, Tennessee Buried - 28 Oct 2006 - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 57. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 25 Oct 2006. Lillian J. Phillips, 75, of 1734 Hugh Drive, passed away October 25, 2006, at a local health facility.Mrs. Phillips was born June 14, 1931, in Edwina, Tenn., daughter of the late Reuben and Cora Ford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister,Geraldine Koprowski, and a brother, Ricky Ford. Mrs. Phillips, a graduate of ETSU with extended study at UT, was a teacher in the Cocke County, Jefferson County, and Morristown-Hamblen School Systems for 33 years. She and her husband were members of Hillcrest Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School. Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Jimmy Phillips; two daughters, Melissa Phillips, of Chattanooga, and Jamie Wallace (Curt), of Rome, Ga.; two granddaughters, Lara and Katie Wallace, of Rome, Ga.; one sister, Helen Lee, of Cartersville, Ga.; one brother, Henry Ford, of Brookpark, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 28, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home in Newport, with the Rev. David Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Union Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, October 27, 2006, from 6 to 8 p.m. Honorary pallbearers are members of the DB Noe and Ross Townsend Sunday School classes. Brown Funeral Home has been honored to provide the final arrangements for Mrs. Lillian J. Phillips.