Obituaries for Sunday, July 30, 2006
Published 5:00 am Monday, July 31, 2006
Joseph Edward Phillips
Services for Joseph Edward Phillips, of Brookhaven, will be 10a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 1, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Churchwith burial at Riverwood Memorial Park.
Visitation is Monday from 2 until 7 p.m. with a Rosary beginningat 7 p.m. at Brookhaven Funeral Home.
Joseph Edward Phillips, 87, died July 29, 2006, peacefully athis home surrounded by his family. Joe was born in Memphis, Tenn.,on April 16, 1919. Joe and Gloria were residents of Brookhaven for58 years where he and his brothers owned and operated PhillipsBrothers Lumber Co. He also owned and operated Phillips-Lamb LumberCo., of Tylertown.
He was an active member of St. Francis of Assisi CatholicChurch. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus, where heserved as president.
Joe was active in his church and community. He was a pastpresident of the Mississippi Pine Manufacturers Association and theLion’s Club of Brookhaven. He also was president and coached littleleague baseball in Brookhaven. He was a charter member of Boy ScoutTroop 122. Joe was a Navy Veteran and served his country duringWorld War II.
His wife of 60 years, Gloria Maxwell Phillips, and his daughter,Gloria Gayle Phillips Sherman, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his sons and daughters and their spouses:Thomas Jackson and his wife, Teresa; Karen Phillips Labat and herhusband, Cyrus; Joan Phillips Schutzle and her husband, Douglas;Gary Michael; Kenneth Ernest; and John Joseph and his wife, Judy.His is also survived by his brother, Thomas Richard Phillips andhis wife, Jean, of Brookhaven, and his sister-in-law, Evelyn FlynnPhillips of Brookhaven. Joe and Gloria are also survived by 15grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 27 nieces andnephews.
Henry D. Stockton Jr.
Services for Henry D. Stockton Jr., of McComb, are 11 a.m.Monday, July 31, at Catchings Funeral Home with burial in HollywoodCemetery.
Visitation is today from 2 until 6 p.m. and Monday from 10 until11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Stockton, 73, died July 29, 2006, at his home. He was bornin Pike County on June 26, 1933, to Henry D. Stockton Sr. andVannie Belle Johnston Stockton.
He was a retired general clerk with the U.S. Postal Service. Hewas a member of Johnston Station Baptist Church. He was a member ofMcComb City Lodge No. 382 F&AM. He was also a veteran of theU.S. Army during the Korean War.
Preceding him in death were his parents and his sisters, AlineStockton, Norma Cobb and Eunice Ratcliff.
Survivors are his wife, Hilda Lou “Tootsie” Howell Stockton, ofMcComb; his son, Brian Stockton and his wife, Carleen, of Summit;his sister, Bessie Stockton Reeves and her husband, John H., ofSummit; his brother-in-law, Kenneth Lee Howell, and his wife, KathyMarie, of Mandeville; his sister-in-law, Nell Marie Price, ofMcComb; two granddaughters; and numerous nieces and nephews.