Oscar Phillips, age 75, a resident of Petros, passed away Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, at the Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge.

Mr. Phillips was born Sept. 25, 1938, in Petros.

Mr. Phillips retired from Tri-tech Products as a machinist following 25 years of employment. He was a member of the Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ivory Jean Ferguson Phillips; by his parents: James Phillips and Mammie Bunch Phillips; by his brothers: Terry Phillips and Sam Phillips; by sisters, Dolly Lambert and Alice Ferguson; and by a brother-in-law, Harvey Ferguson. [Read more…]