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    1. [TNANDERS] Nora Phillips
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    3. Clinton Courier Oct.13, 1988 Nora Posey Phillips Nora Posey Phillips, 87, an Anderson County school teacher for many years, died Friday, Oct. 7 at Methodist Medical Center.An Oneida native, she was the daughter of the late, Farrell and Eliza Posey. She had lived on Old Clear Branch Road since 1946 and had also lived in Campbell County. Phillips taught at Medford Elementary for 15 years and retired 1965. She had taught for 35 years with part of this time spent in Scott County schools. She received her education at Johnson City State Teachers College. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association and was a charter member of East Jacksboro Baptist Church. Phillips was married to the Rev. D.L. Phillips in 1923 in Oneida. He died in 1975. A daughter said she enjoyed flower gardening, making quilts and needlework and that her reading was very important to her. Two brother, Amos and Ben Posey also preceded her in death. Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Gladys Carden of Lake City, Fleda and Donald Lovely of Warren, Mich. , Beulah and Scotty Gray of Redford, Mich., sons and daughters-in-law, Lemuel Edison and Beulah Phillips of Mt. Clemens,Mich., Glenn E. and Loretta Phillips of Lake City, sisters, Gertrude Bridges, Bronston, Ky., Ollie Babb of Oneida,Opal Chitwood of Huntsville, and a brother, Kermit Posey of Huntsville, 15 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren. Funeral serviceswere held Monday at Helenwood Baptist Church with the Rev. Everett Gaylor and the Rev. Roger Cecil officiating. Burial was in Daniel Memorial Cemetery. Cox Funeral Home in Lake City was in charge.

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