- Date Of Birth: April 6, 1922
- Date Of Death: April 29, 2013
- State: Indiana
The morning of April 28, Lillian Phillips’ daughter, Ainsley Jo, was watching an episode of I Love Lucy on TV when it suddenly occurred to her that she was actually watching it–something that she hadn’t been able to do since the last part of November 2012, as her TV had no picture, and she couldn’t afford to get it repaired or buy an entirely new TV.
Before another 24 hours had passed, she would be at her mom’s bedside at The Waters of Yorktown holding her while her soul peacefully left her toil worn 91 year old body to journey towards the Light of Jesus!
There is more than what’s been written here to this story, and it can be found in the blog that Ainsley Jo has begun to build as a tribute to her mom and dad. The name of the blog is: Once Upon A Time, There Were Three Bears…, and its url is: http://3phillipsbears.blogspot.com/ At the time of Lillian’s passing shortly after sunrise the morning of April 29, 2013, she was survived by her daughter; one out of six of her siblings Evan Kermit Jobe of Bloomington; several nieces, nephews, cousins, and their families; and countless friends.
On April 6, 1922, Lillian was born to George Elmer “Greeley” Jobe and his wife, Fayra Kathlena Chambers Jobe in the neighborly country village of Cunot in Owen County the first daughter and fifth of what would be a family of seven: Eli Jasper too young to be born, George Willard, William Henry MacDonald, Finley Ralph, Lillian Ainsley, Evan Kermit, and Mary Fayra Kathleen. In the spring of 1939, she graduated from Cloverdale High School.
On February 8, 1947, she would marry her best friend, Raymond Woodford Phillips, for just six days short of 57 years of wedded bliss. On December 12, 1952, their daughter, Ainsley Jobe Phillips most commonly known as Ainsley Jo Phillips was born–their Alpha and Omega, though they became second parents to so many others. Their church home was Colonial United Methodist, a wonderful place with a warm, friendly congregation. They were honest and dedicated employees of Delco-Remy.
They were just simply good people who, by the way they lived their everyday lives, answered the W.W.J.D.? question so beautifully!
