NAME: JAMES MORSE PHILLIPS, AGE 82, A LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 10, 1924 AT CALVIN, OKLAHOMA TO EDWARD AND BEULAH (CONWAY) PHILLIPS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007 AT THE COALGATE HOSPITAL. AGE: 82 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM CALVIN SCHOOL. MARRIED: BETTY SNYDER ON JULY 13, 1966 AT LAS VEGAS, NV. OCCUPATION: JAMES WAS A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANNA, CA AND LATER A TRUCK DRIVER, RETIRING IN 1979. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. JAMES SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WWII AND VIETNAM IN THE US ARMY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE V.F.W. COALGATE POST 1198. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BETTY PHILLIPS OF THE HOME AT COALGATE, OK. SONS: ROBERT EBERT OF PORTLAND, OR. JAMES WOODS OF COALGATE, OK. GENE WOODS AND WIFE BOBBIE OF LAS VEGAS, NV. DALE WOODS AND WIFE GLORIA OF VIRGINIA. JIMMY DALE PHILLIPS AND WIFE FRANCIS OF ARVADA, CO. JAMES PHILLIPS, JR. OF LAS VEGAS, NV. DAUGHTER: PEGGY PHILLIPS OF ARKANSAS. NEPHEW: EDDIE PHILLIPS OF ARLINGTON, TX. MANY GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: EDWARD AND BEULAH PHILLIPS. BROTHERS: VILO PHILLIPS AND CLAYTON PHILLIPS.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK OFFICIATING: REV. BILL WEATHERS FAMILY NIGHT: NONE