The Crittenden Press,
11 January 1900
AN OLD CITIZEN
Died at His Home
in Bells Mines Sunday Night
On Sunday night, Mr. John W. Phillips died at his home in the Bells Mines neighborhood, after a brief illness. Mr. Phillips was born within two miles of the place where he died, nearly eighty-three years ago, and with the exception of two years, he lived the eighty-three years in that section of the county. His father moved from North Carolina and settled in that neighborhood about the year 1800. J.W. Phillips was married to Miss Finch in Marion county, Illinois and nine children were born to them, four of whom are still living. His wife died and he was afterwards married again, and six children were born to him, all of whom survive him.
He was a good man and a good citizen, respected by all who knew him. Throughout the years of his long life, he was an honest, sober, charitable man, doing unto others as he would have them do unto him.
A crowd of kindsmen, neighbors and friends attended the funeral Monday afternoon.
Source: Crittenden County, Kentucky Obituaries and Death Notices, Volume II, 1900-1905, by Stephen Eskew, self-published, 2011; Pg. 2
