Birth date: Apr 24, 1925 Death date: Jan 26, 2018
William S. (Bill) Phillips, BSBA, MBA, PhD, CPCU, CLU, ARM, businessman, educator, musician, and former Memphis resident for over sixty years, passed away on January 26, 2018 in Lafayette, LA, after a brief illness. He was 92.Bill Read Obituary
Uncle Bill I will miss your stories and hearing of your escapades all over the world. You brought joy to all you spoke to and enriched our lives in many ways. Your music, stories and beautiful voice will be missed very much. From Hazel’s daughters child, Marcy.
We thank God so very much for Bill and June Phillips!! They were Douglas and Marietta Robertson’s best friends. And after Loretta Robertson and I married in 1964, we also became their best friends. Had Mr. Phillips NOT insisted that Loretta take the afternoon off work in the afternoon on May 31, 1961 and go to the Memphis airport to watch airplanes take off and land, Loretta and I would have NEVER met! While at the airport, a Delta Air Lines ticket agent convinced Loretta to go to the Stewardess office to have an interview for a Stewardess job. Loretta and I met while she was flying into Shreveport, LA. After dating for 3 years, we got married in 1964, and the year after we married, Loretta saved my life—-she brought me to Jesus!!
Bill meant so much to us as an important member of the Memphis Gavel Club. We will miss him terribly. Our thoughts are with the family and all his friends. He was a wonderful inspiration, so musically talented, and my Birthday soul-mate…although many years apart. He was our friend.
My condolences. We can look forward to the time when all sickness, suffering, and death will be gone forever. Isaiah 33:24; 25:8
To the family, my heartfelt condolences for the loss of your loved one. As you cope with your loss, may you be comforted by the “Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort” (2 Cor 1:3) that one day, “all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out.” (John 5:28, 29) May these promises from God’s word, the Bible give you comfort now and real hope for the future. My deepest sympathy.
