1931
Olie
2013
Olie Harmon Phillips
September 8, 1931 — February 19, 2013
Olie Harmon Phillips, Jr., age 81 died Tuesday morning, February 19, 2013 at Jackson General Hospital.
Mr. Phillips was born and reared at McMinnville, TN the son of the late Olie Harmon Phillips, Sr. and Maude Ann Webb Phillips. He graduated from Warren County High School in 1950 and attended George Washington University before entering the U. S. Air Force serving in Korea and the Philippines. After the service he received an accounting degree from Tennessee Tech in Cookeville. Mr. Phillips began work for the Internal Revenue Services as an auditor working in Dyersburg and Nashville and later in Jacksonville, FL in estate and gift auditing. He married Mary Anne Cherry in 1965. He continued work with the IRS until 1979, when they moved to Enville. He opened a tax law service in Jackson with his office at the New Southern Hotel. He retired from that office in 2006 and had done some tax work from his home. They moved to Henderson in 2008.
Mr. Phillips was a member of the Estes Church of Christ and a former member of the Enville Ruritan Club and a member of the American Legion. He was an avid University of Tennessee sports fan.
He is survived by his wife Mary Anne Cherry Phillips of Henderson, a daughter Lee Anne Reeves and husband Steven of Jackson and two sons; John Douglas Phillips and wife Jennifer of Columbia and William Michael Phillips and wife Shenoa of Lexington, a sister Patsy Sue Powell of McMinnville and eight grandchildren.
He was pre-deceased by a brother John Travis Phillips and two sisters Betty Ruth George and Jean Ellen Davis.
Funeral services will be 1:00 Friday at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel with Jesse Robertson, Roy Sharp and Mark Blackwelder officiating along with sons, Doug and Mike Phillips participating. Burial will follow with Military Honors at Woodlawn Cemetery at Enville.
The family will receive friends at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel beginning at 5 PM Thursday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel
Henderson, Tennessee
731-989-2421
Mr. Phillips was born and reared at McMinnville, TN the son of the late Olie Harmon Phillips, Sr. and Maude Ann Webb Phillips. He graduated from Warren County High School in 1950 and attended George Washington University before entering the U. S. Air Force serving in Korea and the Philippines. After the service he received an accounting degree from Tennessee Tech in Cookeville. Mr. Phillips began work for the Internal Revenue Services as an auditor working in Dyersburg and Nashville and later in Jacksonville, FL in estate and gift auditing. He married Mary Anne Cherry in 1965. He continued work with the IRS until 1979, when they moved to Enville. He opened a tax law service in Jackson with his office at the New Southern Hotel. He retired from that office in 2006 and had done some tax work from his home. They moved to Henderson in 2008.
Mr. Phillips was a member of the Estes Church of Christ and a former member of the Enville Ruritan Club and a member of the American Legion. He was an avid University of Tennessee sports fan.
He is survived by his wife Mary Anne Cherry Phillips of Henderson, a daughter Lee Anne Reeves and husband Steven of Jackson and two sons; John Douglas Phillips and wife Jennifer of Columbia and William Michael Phillips and wife Shenoa of Lexington, a sister Patsy Sue Powell of McMinnville and eight grandchildren.
He was pre-deceased by a brother John Travis Phillips and two sisters Betty Ruth George and Jean Ellen Davis.
Funeral services will be 1:00 Friday at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel with Jesse Robertson, Roy Sharp and Mark Blackwelder officiating along with sons, Doug and Mike Phillips participating. Burial will follow with Military Honors at Woodlawn Cemetery at Enville.
The family will receive friends at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel beginning at 5 PM Thursday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel
Henderson, Tennessee
731-989-2421
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