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Submitted: 6/11/22 • Approved: 6/26/22 • Last Updated: 6/29/22 • R1436200-G1436198-S3
William Jay Phillips
US Navy
World War II
June 7, 1924 - October 18, 1992
Metta Pearl Lloyd Phillips
February 17, 1930 - April 13, 2019
*Obituary
William Jay Phillips 68 of Van Buren died Sunday, October 18, 1992 in a Fort Smith Hospital.
He was born June 7, 1924 in Van Buren to William J and Susan Jane Moore Phillips.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II, he was employed by the City of Van Buren for eight years and was a member of Van Buren First Assembly of God. He was a member of the Teamsters Union and a former employee of Gordon Truck Lines.
He was survived by his wife, Metta; a daughter, Sue Harris of Van Buren; four sisters, Alta Alstatt of Fort Smith, Sybil Patterson of Seattle, Katherine Cluck of Rogers and Burle Colton of Van Buren; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in First Assembly of God Church with burial at Fairview.
*Obituary
Metta Pearl Phillips, 89, of Van Buren passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019.
She was a homemaker, a lifelong resident of Van Buren and a longtime member of the Van Buren Assembly of God Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband William Jay Phillips; parents, Ebbie Miles Lloyd and Harriet Ellen (Ruttan) Lloyd; Sisters Ruth Jamison, Carmen Ann Lloyd, Alice Nysveen, Louise Keifer, Francis Elliot , Dorothea (D.O.) Freeman, and Betty Sue Hansen; Brothers , Edwin, Joe, Kenneth, Bill and Robert Lloyd.
Survivors are a daughter Sue (Susie) Harris and husband (Jerry) of Van Buren; two grandchildren, Jason Harris and Tara Brown and husband (Chris) of Van Buren; one great grandson, Preston Brown of Van Buren.
Funeral service will be at 10 A.M. Tuesday, April, 16, 2019, at Ocker Memorial Chapel in Van Buren with a private family burial service under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home in Van Buren, Arkansas.
Pallbearers are Jerry Harris, Jason Harris, Chris Brown, Preston Brown, Robert Burris and Steve Palmer.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
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