This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nNABAIB/5548 Message Board Post: He was born in Brazoria Co, TX May 17,1913 and died Monday, Jan 14, 2002. He was orphaned at an early age and raised by extended family and friends in Angleton,TX, He worked as a shoeshine boy, sold newspapers and magazines and attended the Angleton public schools , He graduated form Angleton High School, and worked his way theough the University of Texas at Austin law school during the Depression He worked as soda fountain clerk, booked bands ffor dances, attended a gas station and operated tthe elevator in the Texas Capitol In 1940, he wsa elected to the Texas House of Representatives from Brazoria County and relected in 1942. In 1943, he resigned and became a private in the US Army as avolunteer. He served in military intelligence in the US Army and was honorablydischarged at the rank of sergeant in 1946 He was elected to the Texas Senate Senator Phillips served from Jan 1947 until 1973. In his last term he was elected to serve as President Pro Tem of the Texas Senate When the legislature was not in session, he practiced law in Angleton. After he served in the Senate, he worked for the Dow Chemical company until he began a law practice with his sons, Jimmy Jr and Michael. He mainteined his law office in the Phillips Building across from teh courthouse in Angleton, TX until his death He is survived by his wife Esther Heyne Phillips whom he married in 1938; sons, Jimmy Phillips Jr and Michael M Phillips who continue to practice law in Angleton, TX Interment in the Phillips Family Cemetery in Bailey's Prairie,TX. Palms Funeral Hom e Angleton,TX 979-849-4343.