Phillips Cemetery
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Marker No: 4009
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 31.151503, -97.012634
Location: From Lott, take Hwy 77 south. about 3.5 miles, Lott
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Marker Text: Ezekiel Thomas Phillips (1830-1905), a Civil War veteran, moved his family to Falls County in 1869. His son Robert M. Phillips (b. 1857) died in a shooting accident on March 18, 1883, a short time before his wedding. He was buried on this tract, which was to have been a wedding gift from his father. Requests for burials at this site were so numerous that Phillips donated the land as a public cemetery in 1903. There are 350 known graves, including those of Phillips and his wife Louise "Lucy" Jane (Wade) (1836-1897). Phillips Cemetery has served residents of the area for over a century. (1983)
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