Jesse Gorman Phillips^[1]

1918 - 1998  (80 years)

• Name	Jesse Gorman Phillips
  Born	7 Jan 1918	Sardis
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Dec 1998	Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [2]
  Buried	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I95640	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Rev. W. W. Phillips,   d. Bef 24 Dec 1998
  Mother	Mary McMurray,   d. Bef 24 Dec 1998
  Family ID	F100982	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Georgia Mae Lewis,   b. 26 Aug 1921, Tennessee  (Age 103 years)
  Married	Abt 1942
  Children	1. Lloyd W. Phillips
  Family ID	F34877	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 24 Dec 1998 - Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Buried - - 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), 162. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 28 Dec 1998. Jesse Gorman Phillips, of Newport, was born January 7, 1918, in Sardis, and passed away December 24, 1998, at Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee in Knoxville. He was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church as long as his health permitted. He served in the CCC’s prior to World War II and four years in the Signal Corps attached to the Army Air Force during World War II. He retired from Western Electric Company with 40 years’ service, at which time Newport became his home. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and The American Legion. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rev. W.W. and Mary McMurray Phillips. Survivors are his beloved wife of 56 years, Georgia Mae Lewis Phillips; son and daughter-in-law, Lloyd W. and Cynthia Phillips, all of Newport; brother, James Paris Phillips of Big Sandy; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Manes Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Riley Huffstetler officiating, with burial in the Union Cemetery. The family received friends from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday prior to the funeral services. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church Chapel Fund. Manes Funeral Home was in charge.