Obituary of Gary Phillips

Funeral services for Gary M. Phillips, Sr., 50, Overton, will be at 10:00 am Monday, June 29, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverends Charles Paschall and Marty Grounds officiating. Burial will be in the Overton City Cemetery. Mr. Phillips died Saturday, June 27, 2009 at his residence. He was born January 17, 1959 in Odessa to Lacy J. Phillips and the late Ida Rae Smith Honzell. He moved to Overton in 1971 from Odessa and graduated from Overton High School. He married Barbara Jones November 20, 2007 and he was a truck driver. He loved life and enjoyed camping and fishing. He loved to cook and Barbeque was one of his favorite meals to prepare. He loved the Lord and was saved by grace. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Phillips, Overton; a son and daughter-in-law, Gary Mark Phillips, Jr. and Martha, Overton; a stepson, Michael Adams, Mt. Enterprise; his father, Lacy Phillips, Overton; two sisters, Margaret Bowen, Odessa and Debra Wegner, Wichita, Kansas; a grandson, Ty Phillips, two step grandchildren and spouse, Tamra and Josh Cox, and Tara and Brandon Whitfield. Pallbearers will be Steve Sledge, Bill Foster, Philip Cox, Troy Parish, Jeremy Horton, and Jared Shores. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Flanagan, Roy Bailey, Robert Raney, Wayne Jones, Jessie Moore, Gary Stuckey, Clay Willis, and Royce Traylor. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at the funeral home.