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Obituaries

Monday, October 1, 2018
Joseph Ora Phillips
Monday, October 1, 2018
Joseph Ora Phillips
Joseph Ora Phillips, Sr., 55, of New London, died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.
A graveside service will be in Trinity Cemetery in Mt. Union later this spring. There will be no visitation. The body has been cremated. A memorial has been established. Elliott Chapel in New London is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include three sons, Joseph O. Phillips Jr., of Billings, Mo., and Ralph Phillips and Richard Phillips, both of Kalamazoo, Mich., whom he adopted and raised; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Evelyn Morse of New London, Kathy Bell of Burlington, Susie Gill of Twentynine Palms, Calif.; and a brother, Larry Phillips of Owatona, Minn.
He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.