Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthJul 4, 1926, Ruffin, Rockingham County, North Carolina566, Inez Perkins Phillips
DeathAug 27, 2024, Alamance County, North Carolina566, Inez Perkins Phillips
BurialThompsonville Baptist Church, 2033 NC-87, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina566, Inez Perkins Phillips
FatherJohn Wyatt PERKINS (1894-1986)
MotherMyrtle EVANS (1893-1958)
Spouses
BirthJul 7, 1924, Caswell County, North Carolina24,470
DeathApr 1, 1975, Guilford County, North Carolina24,61,470
BurialThompsonville Baptist Church, 2033 NC-87, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina470
FatherWilliam Paul PHILLIPS (1883-1964)
MotherEtta Mae GWYNN (1892-1983)
MarriageFeb 26, 194424,566, Inez Perkins Phillips
ChildrenRegina Fay (1945-2024)
Obituary Online notes for Edna Inez PERKINS
8/29/2024

Inez Perkins Phillips
July 4, 1926 — August 27, 2024
Elon

Visitation
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Graveside Service
Thompsonville Baptist Church Cemetery
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Starts at 2:00 pm (Eastern time)

Inez Perkins Phillips

Inez Perkins Phillips, 98, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at Hospice House of Alamance County.

A graveside service will be held at 2:00PM on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at Thompsonville Baptist Church in Reidsville. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 12:30-1:30PM.

Inez was born on July 4, 1926, in Ruffin to the late John Wyatt Perkins and Myrtle Evans Perkins.

She worked at Lorillard for 29 years before retiring at the age of 62.

Inez was a devoted wife to her husband, Cosmo, for 31 years before his passing.

She also loved to plant flowers and was an avid yard worker as long as she was able. Inez was faithful and devoted to the Lord and to her family. She loved family get togethers with her immediate and extended family. She will be remembered as a loving mother and grandmother.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Cosmo Acy Phillips, and daughter Regina Faye Phillips Pierce.

She is survived by her son, John Paul Phillips and wife, Sherry; grandchildren, Elizabeth Fascaldo and husband Thomas; J.P. Phillips, Regina Marlette Pierce and husband John, Alanna Faye Pierce, and John Henry Pierce V; eight great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; in addition to numerous nieces, nephews and other extended family.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 6704 Hagerstown, MD 21741 or to Authoracare Collective (Hospice of Alamance), 914 Chapel Hill Road Burlington, NC 27215.

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