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Obituary For Ella Phillips

MRS. ELLA LOUISE PHILLIPS - AGE 70, - Of Calhoun, Georgia passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013. She was formerly employed by Venture Carpet for 20 years and Sample Factory in Dalton, Georgia, and was a member of Porch Chapel United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Alphonso Phillips, parents, C. B. and Ira Pearl Heard Higginbotham, brother, William Sylvester Higginbotham, three sisters, Barbara Ann Higginbotham, Annette Kennedy, and Mary LaBella McElrath, and stepmother, Oteel Curtis Higginbotham.Survivors are her three children, Devery Lamont Higginbotham of Cartersville, Georgia, Glenese (Nina) Phillips of Calhoun, Georgia, and Christopher Alphonso (Sonya) Phillips of Decatur, Georgia; two sisters, Avinell Howell of Calhoun, and Patricia Denise Aker of Armuchee, GA; brother, Jearl Higginbotham of Calhoun; four grandchildren, Christian Phillips and Sydnei Phillips, both of Decatur, Asha Higginbotham of Cartersville, and Brianna Higginbotham of Rome, Georgia; special friend, James Albert Austin of Dalton; special thanks to Heartland Hospice of Cartersville; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.Funeral Service will be Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 1:00 p. m. from the Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church with Rev. Charles Dotson, eulogist, Minister Wayne Curtis presiding, and Rev. Joseph McKibbins officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday evening at the funeral home from 6:00 - 7:00 p. m. and at the church one hour before the funeral. Interment, Chandler Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family and sign the online guestbook at Wesite:www.willisfuneralhomedalton.com. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.

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