Flora Pearl Coker Phillips, age 88, left this earthly home to be with God and her loved ones in her new heavenly home on Monday, November 24. Pearl was a co-owner of the Blue and White Service station in Devonia with her late husband, Reuben Philips.

She was born August 9, 1926, in the Charlie’s Branch Community in New River, where she continued to live throughout her life.

Her life spanned 88 years and she witnessed electricity coming to New River, paving of the New River Highway, and running water in the local homes. [Read more…]