Miss Mollie Phillips, Civil War Witness, Passes in Dallas
Miss Mollie Phillips, 86, who recalled stirring events of Civil War days, including the death of her father in the explosion of a powder mill, died Sunday at the home of her nephew, J.R. Phillips, 2207 North Garrett.
The body will be taken to Waxahachie, her former home, at 8 a.m. Tuesday and will be at the Randolph Funeral Home there until 3:30 p.m. when services will be held with the Rev. M.K. Little and the Rev. J.R. LePrade officiating.
Miss Phillips was born in Kentucky and came to Texas with her parents when a small child. The family settled first near San Antonio and then moved to Waxahachie where her father was killed in the explosion. Miss Phillips made her home in Waxahachie almost sixty years. She was an active member of the First Methodist Church there. She moved to Dallas fifteen years ago to live with her nephew at whose home she died.
She is survived by another nephew, John H. Phillips, Houston; a niece, Miss Lizzie Lou Phillips, and two great-nephews, Bob Phillips, Dallas, and John Phillips, Houston.
Pallbearers will be Roy Phillips, W.C. Hunter, A.K. Spalding, Beverly Neal, Russell Dees, Dewey Ingram, Dallas; Frank Wallace of Waxahachie and Fred Hicks of McKinney.
Source: The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Tuesday, September 3, 1940; Pg. 3
