Wife of Late Chief Justice Dies.
Mrs. Nelson Phillips, 74, wife of the late Judge Nelson Phillips and daughter of a Confederate Army surgeon, died at her home at 3824 Turtle Creek Drive Sunday morning following a long illness.
Dallas had been the home of Mrs. Phillips for forty years, except for the period between 1912 and 1921 when her husband was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.
Mrs. Phillips was born in Milford, Texas, where her father, Dr. John Randolph McFadden, who held the rank of a Brigadier General in the Confederate army as a surgeon, was one of Texas’ pioneer physicians.
She was one of the founders and president from 1928 to 1931 of the Dallas chapter of the Southern Memorial Association, which erected the statue of Robert E. Lee on Turtle Creek. She was president of the Southern Memorial Association by appointment of the Governor.
Prior to her illness, which began about two years ago, Mrs. Phillips was an active member of the Dallas Lawyers Wives Club.
Mrs. Phillips is survived by a son, Nelson Phillips, Jr., 3824 Turtle Creek Drive, and a brother, Ike McFadden, 4909 Walnut Hill Lane.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the First Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Phillips had been a member for many years. Dr. Frank C. Brown, pastor of the church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Sparkman-Brand.
Pallbearers will be Dr. Dan Brannon, W.A. Brooks, Jr., Daffan Gilmer of Houston, M.G. Jarreau, J. Kirby McDonough and Dudley K. Woodward, Jr.
Source: The Dallas Morning News, Monday, May 6, 1946; Front Page
