Grainger County News, Thur., 5 Jul 1917:
"DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN
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John J. Phillips, aged 73 years died at a Morristown hospital on Tuesday night. He had been in declining health for several months and was taken to the hospital on Sunday before his death. He was well known throughout the county, served in the Union army during the civil war and leaves a wife and four daughters. The funeral was conducted Thursday by Rev. J. A. Phillips, and the body was buried at the Pemberton cemetery near Narrow Valley."
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Son of Nathan Phillips and Matilda Staley.
Grainger County News, Thur., 5 Jul 1917:
"DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN
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John J. Phillips, aged 73 years died at a Morristown hospital on Tuesday night. He had been in declining health for several months and was taken to the hospital on Sunday before his death. He was well known throughout the county, served in the Union army during the civil war and leaves a wife and four daughters. The funeral was conducted Thursday by Rev. J. A. Phillips, and the body was buried at the Pemberton cemetery near Narrow Valley."
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Son of Nathan Phillips and Matilda Staley.
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"COME YE BLESSED"
"Gone but not forgotten"
Gravesite Details
Although his TN death certificate shows burial in Narrow Valley Cemetery, he is buried in a small family plot located on private property, close to Narrow Valley.
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