Laverne Phillips

Services for Mary Laverne Phillips, 84, of Brownfield will be at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Jon Patrick and Rev. Clarence Branch officiating. Burial will follow in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.

Laverne went to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, November 9, 2008 in Lubbock. She was born January 12, 1924 in Haskell County to Rupert Earl and Clemma E. McNiel. She moved with her family to Terry County in 1927. She graduated from Union High School in 1940. Laverne married Troy "Pete" Hubert Phillips on April 29, 1944 in Clovis, NM. She taught school in the 40's and 50's in Union and Gomez. She was a strong Christian woman. For over 40 years she taught Sunday School and GA's along with serving as the secretary at Union Baptist Church. After retiring from farming in the Union community, she and her husband moved to Brownfield. Laverne was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by a great-grandson.

Pallbearers will be Bobby Faught, Dickie Faught, Kermit Shults, Ronnie Floyd, Thomas Cargill and Mike Swain.

Laverne is survived by her husband Troy "Pete" Phillips of Brownfield; 2 daughters, Kay Givens and her husband Dennis of Midland and Ann Anderson and her husband Bil of Lockney; 2 sons, Tommy Phillips and his wife Dee of Seminole and Tony Phillips and his wife Madonna of Brownfield; a sister, Billie Faught of Brownfield; 9 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.