Lewis G. Phillips, Jr.

MR. LEWIS G. PHILLIPS, JR. Mr. Lewis G. Phillips, Jr., 90, of Brooks and formerly of Hogansville, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at his home. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 22, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. The Reverend Clay Edge, the Reverend Clinton Hughes, and the Reverend Miguel Vila will officiate and interment will be in Myrtle Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Friday. Mr. Phillips was born March 26, 1922, in Langdale, AL, son of the late Lewis and Allie Gay Phillips. An Army Air Corps veteran of World War Two, he lived in Hogansville most of his life before making his home in Brooks in 2004, and retired as a city letter carrier from the Hogansville Post Office after 36 years of service. He was a member of Woolsey Baptist Church and was a former member of First Baptist Church of Hogansville, where he served many years as a deacon, chairman of the ushers, and director of the Brotherhood and the Royal Ambassadors. Survivors include his daughters and son in-law, Patti Lynn Phillips, Beverly and Andy Rhodes; and granddaughter, Meredith Rhodes, all of Brooks; sister, Lois Langford of Griffin; sister in-law, Mildred Phillips of Hogansville. He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Mavis Moore Phillips; grandson, Matthew Michael Rhodes; brother, Thaniel Phillips; sister and brother in-law, Maecenies and Doc Robinson; and brother in-law, Herman Langford. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visitation: from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 22nd, at Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home Services: 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 22nd, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home Interment: Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville