This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/705 Message Board Post: I am NOT related to this family. This obituary was taken from the St. Clair Times, St. Clair Co., AL Thursday August 3. 2006 Talmadege Vestal Phillips Ragland-- Mr. Talmadge Vestal Phillips, age 68 of Ragland passed away July 29, 2006. Mr. Phillips was a member of the American Legion N.R.A. and Hardin's Chapel Bible Church. He was a U.S. Army Veteran achieving the rank of Spec. 5. He was a 1960 graduate of the University of Alabama, retired from Gulf States Steel as an electrical engineer with 40 years service. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Mary Glidewell Phillips, one daughter Susan Elaine Phillips of Thomaston Ga; one son, Christopher Talmadge Phillips (Karen Andrea Reaves); two grandchildren, Maggie Marie and Ashley Diane Phillips all of Ohatchee, AL. The funeral service was Tuesday, August 1, 2006, 2:00p.m. at Hardin's Chapel Bible Church in Ragland with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Doug Ford and Rev. Roger Kendrick officiated. Serving as pallbearers were Jay Howard, Craig Liggan, Derick Downey, Johney Moore, Wess Hodges and Tommy Johnson. Usrey Funeral Home, Pell City directed.