Chester " Shorty" Leroy Phillips

Funeral services for Chester Shorty Phillips, 87, of Lexington, Texas, are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 24, 2010, at Blue United Methodist Church in Blue, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 27, 2010, at the Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Kansas. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Lexington. Mr. Phillips passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2010, at St. Mark's Medical Center in LaGrange, Texas. He was born on October 28, 1923, in Princeton, Kansas, to Joel Pierce and Minnie (Bennett) Phillips. He married Flossie Fern Demoret on June 1, 1946, in Ottawa, Kansas and was a retired turkey farmer with Plantation Foods. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Marylin Phillips; two brothers, Earl Phillips and Tharan Phillips; one sister, Grace Brown; three half sisters, Hazel Phillips, Fern Weatherly and Pauline Withers and nine half brothers, Harry Phillips, Ray Phillips, Floyd Phillips, Milford Phillips, Stanley Phillips, Howard Phillips, Milo Phillips, Leo Phillips and Ellsworth Bennett. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Flossie Phillips, of Lexington, Texas; seven children, Fernie & Earl Tyler of Wilmington, North Carolina, Judy & Mark Johnston of Green, Kansas, Bonnie & Dan Spellman of Clay Center, Kansas, Homer & Kathy Phillips of Lexington, Texas, Kitty & Herbert Pampell of Giddings, Texas, Lester & Debra Phillips of Giddings, Texas, and Rita & Harvey Schnell of Giddings, Texas; 22 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Dengel & Son Mortuary of Ottawa in charge of Kansas arrangements. Memorials may be made to Blue United Methodist Church, Blue, Texas, c/o Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory, Ottawa, Kansas 66067.