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Zella Flynn Phillips age 93, of Eubank, KY passed to be with our Lord Jesus on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
Zella was born in the Kidder Community on September 5, 1931. She was the daughter of the late Sherman Flynn and Ollie Nicholas Flynn.
She married Rev. Junior Phillips on February 29, 1952. The couple celebrated 63 years together before his passing on January 19, 2015.
She was a good mother, wife and grandmother. She was a friend to all. She worked hard and cooked many meals for friends, family and neighbors. She was known in the neighborhood for her homemade biscuits. She also cooked many meals for neighborhood kids. (Just ask Mikel Webb). She loved to go fishing, especially with her son, Randy. She loved yard sales and going riding around to see old familiar sites. She was a fantastic gardener and could grow anything.
She was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Junior Phillips, her parents Sherman and Ollie Flynn, son Donnie Phillips, sister Mary Troxtell, brothers Walter, Rob, Billy and Huss Flynn. She was also preceded in death by three infant brothers, Willard, Willy and Green Flynn, along with son-in-law David Jones.
She is survived by daughters Virginia Jones, Janet (Steve) Spears, Georgia Kaye (Lowell) Phillips, son Randy Phillips all of Somerset, Ky; She had four grandchildren Misty (David) Tingle, Chad (Crystal) Spears, Ryan Phillips and Brittany Phillips, five great-grandchildren, Sebastian, Abram and Jasper Tingle, Braxton and Sophie Spears all of Somerset. Her children are especially thankful to Kim Hines for loving and compassionately caring for their mother the past 3 years.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12pm in the Chapel of the Southern Oaks Funeral Home with a funeral service to begin at 1pm with Bro. Rick Reynolds officiating. Burial will follow in Southern Oaks Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Steve, Braxton and Chad Spears, Mikel Webb, Ryan Phillips and Randy Hines.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Zella Flynn Phillips memorial fund C/O Southern Oaks Funeral Home.
Southern Oaks Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements for Zella Flynn Phillips.