Helen B. Phillips

Helen Burson Phillips, 90, resident of The Maples in Honea Path, SC., and of 404 Sunset Dr. Abbeville, widow of Horace Phillips, died Saturday, April 23, 2005 at the Anderson Area Medical Center. The daughter of the late Mahlon and Bessie Jackson Burson, she was born on August 24, 1914, in Walton County, Georgia, and educated there. She was married for 56 years to Horace Phillips. She and her husband raised their two sons in Abbeville, SC. She was a faithful and loyal member of the Abbeville First Baptist Church and the T.E.L. Sunday School Class. Mrs. Phillips was a homemaker and retiree of Abbeville Mills. She was a devoted wife and mother and loved all of her family and church and country. She is survived by her son, Frank Phillips, and two brothers, John Wood Burson of Oxford, GA., and Mahlon Burson of Lawrenceville, GA. She was preceded in death by her son Joe Phillips, husband Horace Phillips, and sisters, Alice Mitchel, Amy Rose Briscoe, and Callie Whitley. The family will receive friends from 10:30AM to 11:30AM Tuesday, April 26, 2005 in the Abbeville First Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow in the church at 11:30AM on Tuesday. Burial will follow in Long Cane Cemetery. The family is at the home 404 Sunset Dr. Abbeville. The family wishes to acknowledge with sincere appreciation to The Maples in Honea Path, SC and all of its staff and people for their kindness, love, and support they gave to Mrs. Helen Phillips which gave her peace, joy and comfort in her last years. Memorial Contributions in memory of Mrs. Phillips may be sent to the Abbeville First Baptist Church, Building Fund, PO Box 825 Abbeville, SC 29620. Online condolences may be sent to the Phillips family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, of Abbeville is assisting the Phillips family.