Feb 18, 2014

Local farmer and member of Gideons International

Carter Phillips, 80, of Nineveh, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at 4:20 p.m. in his home following a brief illness.

He was born April 11, 1933, in Washington, a son of the late Arthur Lindsey and Leanna Carter Phillips, and had resided in the Nineveh area of Morris Township for most of his life.

Mr. Phillips was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Waynesburg.

He was a 1952 graduate of Trinity High School. Mr. Phillips was a veteran of the Korean War, serving as a corporal with the U.S. Army in Germany. He was awarded the OCC Medal Germany, the Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

He was a former employee of the Purina Corp. and was employed as a salesman with Agway in Eighty Four for 24 years. Mr. Phillips was a self-employed farmer in Morris Township all of his adult life, raising beef cattle and growing and harvesting hay.

He served as a volunteer with the Greene County Bible Release program for the last 20 years, volunteered with the Yoke Prison Ministries for eight years, ministered to local nursing homes around Greene and Washington County and was a member of Gideons International. He served as treasurer for the Greene County Men’s Ecumenical Communion Breakfast for the past several years.

Mr. Phillips enjoyed playing dartball and spending time with his family and grandchildren.

In 1957, he married Burnita Irene Estel, who died in February 1970; on September 9, 1972, he married Kathleen Irene Johnson, who survives.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, Shane A. (Linette) Phillips of Sycamore and Shelby (Annette) Phillips of Waynesburg; two daughters, Misty (Otto) Hohing of Washington and Tonia (Scott) Beaver of McDonald; 14 grandchildren, Rachel, Rebecca, Amanda, Brittany, Shanin, Autumn, Summer, Sheldon, Savanah, Catherine, Amber, Jeremiah, Kylie and Brennan; three great-grandchildren, Krysten, Madyson and Alexis; and two sisters, Nancy Beabout of Waynesburg and Mary Louise Barna of Titusville, Fla.

Deceased, in addition to his parents and first wife, are three brothers, Clarence (Mitch), Paul (Rink) and Raymond (Hoke) Phillips, and a sister, Betty Minor.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in First Church of the Nazarene, Waynesburg, where funeral and committal services will be held 10 a.m. Friday, February 21, with the Rev. John Poling officiating. Interment will be private in Hopewell Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded by the American Legion Post 330 of Waynesburg and representatives of the U.S. Army on church property. Family suggest memorial contributions be made to the First Church of the Nazarene Building Fund, 115 Deerfield Lane, Waynesburg, PA 15370, or the Cornerstone Ministry Center, P.O. Box 378, Carmichaels, PA 15320. Arrangements are under the direction of the Rush Funeral Home Inc., Rogersville. Family and friends may view the obituary and send condolences at www.rushfuneralhomeinc.com.