Richard Phillips
Richard “Dick” Phillips, 82, of Carmichaels, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2019, in J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va.
He was born November 14, 1936, in Cumberland Township, Greene County, a son of the late Robert J. and Rosa M. Fox Phillips.
Mr. Phillips was a 1955 graduate of Cumberland Township High School and served as an elder at the Hewitt Presbyterian Church, Rices Landing. He worked as a land development agent in northern Virginia, where he was vice president of the Weissberg Development Corporation. He was instrumental in the construction of shopping centers and office buildings in northern Virginia.
Upon his retirement in 1987, he introduced Texas Longhorn cattle to Cumberland Township. He was a member of Kemper-Macon Ware Lodge No. 46, Association of Free & Accepted Masons, Falls Church, Va.
On December 17, 1969, he married Penny Roupas, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, John C. Phillips (Judy) of Fraziers Bottom, W.Va., and Richard P. Phillips (Angie) of Woodbridge, Va.; five grandchildren, Sammy Jo Phillips, John R. Phillips, Joseph P. Phillips, Christopher A. Garvin and Kylie A. Phillips; two great-grandchildren, Khloe Ray Bowers and Sadie Phillips; brother Robert G. Phillips Sr. of Carmichaels; three sisters, Hazel Garrison of West Alexander and Charlotte Makel (Dwayne) and Bertha Ludrosky, both of Rices Landing; and several nieces and nephews.
Family and friends are welcome from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Yoskovich Funeral Home, Martin J. Yoskovich, funeral director, 300 South Vine Street, Route 88, Carmichaels, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 3, with the Rev. Donald Wilson officiating. Interment will follow in Muddy Creek Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Greene County. Valley Lodge No. 459, Free & Accepted Masons, will conduct Masonic services at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607.
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