Eliza Sue Phillips, age 74, of Orange, passed away at her home on Sunday, June 5, 2016. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Dorman Funeral Home with burial to follow at Doyle Cemetery in Starks, Louisiana. Visitation will be on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 from 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Eliza was born on Tuesday, February 24, 1942 in Georgia to the late Margaret Virginia (Bamburg) and Aaron Void Spell. She was a resident of Orange for almost 50 years. Eliza was a housewife who spent her time being a devoted and loving wife to her husband, Willie James Phillips, Sr. and mother to her four children. Eliza enjoyed cooking, tending to the flowers in her garden, bowling with her daughter, and listening to music.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Margaret and Aaron Spell, her daughter, Virginia Sue Phillips, her brothers, Aaron Spell and Jimmy Spell, her sisters, Hilda Rich and Doris Long, and her great-granddaughter, Harley Frazier.
Those left to cherish Sue’s memory are her loving husband, Willie James Phillips, Sr.; her daughter, Theresa Diane Buxton and her husband, Lester; her sons, Willie James Phillips, Jr., Mitchell Tobias Phillips, and Timothy Shane Phillips; her sister, Mattie Dickerson; her brothers, Sam Spell, Buster Spell, and William Spell; her 8 grandchildren; and her 13 great grandchildren.
Honoring Sue as pallbearers will be Tyler Frazier, Cameron Buxton, Maverick Phillips, Dallas Phillips, Austin Phillips, Joe Buxton, Kyle Morgan, and Seth Phillips.
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