G. D. Phillips
Services for Mr. G. D. Phillips, 89, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, November 17, 2013 at Bartley Funeral Home with Steve Weeks and Gary Fallis officiating
Burial will follow in Colony Cemetery.
Mr. Phillips passed away November 14, 2013 in Mesquite. He was born October 30, 1924 in Alba to Ernest Luther & Ora Mae Foster Phillips. He served in the U. S. Navy and was a Church of Christ minister. Mr. Phillips was also a member of the Kaufman Lions Club and played with Al Hesson and The Sons of the Alamo in his earlier days. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Maury Lee Phillips; daughter, Katherine Sue; an infant son, George Douglas and son, Kenneth Wayne Phillips.
Survivors include his wife, Opal Phillips of Mesquite; son and daughter-in-law, John & Lisa Phillips of Grand Saline; three daughters and a son-in-law, Margaret Phillips of McKinney, Barbara Phillips of Mineola and Sarah & Chano Palmerin of Grand Saline; brother, Larry Phillips of Arkansas; nine grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
The family will receive friends 1 p.m., Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the funeral home before services.