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06-16-2004
LESTER CLEO PHILLIPS
RAGLAND - Funeral service for Lester Cleo "Cotton" Phillips, 63, will be Thursday, June 17, at 3 p.m. at Usrey Funeral Home chapel in Pell City with the Rev. Doug Ford officiating. Burial will be in Providence Baptist Cemetery in Ragland.
Mr. Phillips died June 14 in Pell City. He was a lifelong resident of Ragland and retired from National Cement in 2003.
He is survived by his wife, Linda Phillips of Ragland; daughters, Lynn Denise Phillips and Kerry Regina (Brandon) Poe, all of Ragland; his mother, Katie Phillips of Ragland; sisters, Lillie Mae Craven, Ruby Lee DiGiacoma and Janie Sue Bowlin, all of Ragland; brothers, Lonzo Phillips Jr., Elbert Paul "Boots" Phillips, Lomer Ray "Red" Phillips, J.L. Phillips and Larry Gene Phillips, all of Ragland; grandson, Seth "Little Man" Poe of Ragland; and a host of nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Larry Gene Phillips, Glenn Phillips, Bruce Phillips, Randy Phillips, David Oliver, Timmy Oliver and Marvin Graham.
Usrey Funeral Home in Pell City will direct the service.
*****Alabama Portraits prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama
pg 141
Mrs. Hamilton Cloverhouse Graham (Minerva Little) 1808-, of “Little Manor”, Warren Co and New Bern, NC, subject 7th generation from Richard Warren, Plymouth Company; 5th generation from Christopher Gale, 1st Colonial Justice of NC; 3rd generation from William Little, Colonial Chief Justice of NC.