Cleo Chester Phillips

Obituary: Mr. Cleo Chester Phillips, 86, of Kannapolis died March 22, 2011 at Tucker Hospice House. He was born Feb. 27, 1925 in Hart County, Ga. , the son of the late D.C. and Myrtie Cromer Phillips. He was preceded in death by his wife Betty Mullis Phillips in 2000. He retired as a supervisor in the Wet Finishing Dept. at Cannon Mills in 1985 after 35 years. He was a member of Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church where he had been a faithful member of the choir since 1951. He had also been a former choir director in his earlier years. He was an avid gardner. He was a veteran of WW II serving in the US Army. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Thursday at Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church officiated by Rev. Jimmy Barnhill and Chris Daniel. Burial will be at Carolina Memorial Park with military honors by the Cabarrus Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Wednesday at Whitley's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at his home. He is survived by his 2 sons: Bruce (Carol) Phillips of China Grove, Larry (Daryle) Phillips of Kannapolis, his daughter Pam (Lindsay) Harrington of Kannapolis, a step-son Kenneth (Myra) Trull of Davidson, 2 step-daughters: Janice (Fred) Ortiz of Salisbury and Susan (Donald) Honeycutt of Mt. Pleasant, 13 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren, his sister, Mozell Craft of Kannapolis, and 3 nieces whom he helped raise Faye (Willard) Ward, Myrtle (Tom) Fullerton, and Lillian (Gene) Royal. Memorials may be made to Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church, 1008 Moose Rd., Kannapolis, NC 28083 or to Hospice of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081. Online condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com
Visitation: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Wednesday March 23, 2011 Whitley's Funeral Home Kannapolis, NC At other times the family will be at the family home.

Service: 1:00 PM Thursday March 24, 2011 Jackson Park Penecostal Holiness Church Kannapolis, NC

Interment: Carolina Memorial Park Kannapolis, NC