George D. Phillips

George D. Phillips of Cordova, MD, died on January 24, 2023, at his residence surrounded by family. He was 90. Born in Pineville, WV, on December 15, 1932, he was the son of the late Drew Davis and Alta Morgan Phillips. After attending public schools, he worked with his father in home construction until serving in the U.S. Army from 1953 until 1955. Following his release from active duty, he trained to be an auto body mechanic. He worked in this field in Pineville, WV, Charleston, WV, and for the McClean Trucking Company in Cincinnati, OH. In 1971, he moved to MD and made his home in Caroline County where he worked for the Preston Trucking Co. for twenty years. Following his retirement in 1991, he moved to Staunton, VA, where he lived for four and a half years before moving back to Cordova in Talbot County where he and his wife built their own home, prior to moving in with his daughter and son-in-law in 2013. While living in Staunton, he was a member of the Good Shepherd Church of the Nazarene in Stuart's Draft, VA, where he was the Sunday School Superintendent, song leader, trustee, and where he wrote edited and published the church bulletin. In Maryland, he was a member of the Denton Church of the Nazarene where he was a former Sunday school teacher and trustee. Multi-talented, he was an accomplished auto body mechanic, carpenter, and held a private pilot's license. A member of the Civil Air Patrol from which he retired in the 1980's with the rank of Lieutenant, he once built an airplane in his garage. He was pre-deceased by his wife, the former Ernestine F. Morgan whom he married on July 20, 1953, and who died on November 27, 2016. He is survived by three daughters, Eyvonne E. Hancock (Paul) of Cochran, GA, Rebecca J. LeGates (Jerry) of Cambridge, and Mary F. Kitts (Jack) of Cordova; two sons, Michael D. Phillips (Terri) of Preston and Robert P. Phillips (Maria) of Cambridge; eleven grandchildren; and twenty great-grandchildren with two on the way. Along with his wife and parents, he is predeceased by his two brothers, James Phillips and John Phillips. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 31, from 6-8 p.m. at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home in Easton. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 1, at 10 a.m. at the First Wesleyan Church in Easton. Burial with military honors will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Easton.

George D. Phillips

December 15, 1932 - January 24, 2023