Harold G. Phillips

Harold Glenn Phillips, age 84, of Crest­line and for­merly of Mor­row County, died Fri­day morn­ing, August 10, 2012, at the Crest­line Nurs­ing Cen­ter fol­low­ing a long illness.

On Novem­ber 5, 1927, Harold was born in Mount Gilead, the son of the late Davis A. and Grace E. (Weaver) Phillips. He was a grad­u­ate of Mount Gilead High School in the Class of 1947.

To say Harold was a hard worker would be an under­state­ment. He was a proud self employed dairy farmer to the core. He owned and oper­ated sev­eral farms in Mor­row County, the largest hav­ing 500 head of cat­tle and cov­er­ing 3000 acres. He even took it as far as hav­ing a glass of milk with every meal. Dur­ing down­times of the year he worked many other jobs includ­ing: Cooper Bess­mer in Mount Ver­non, Peabody in Galion, Land­mark in Mount Gilead, and Sims Fer­til­izer in Iberia.

Harold always made time to get away from work and spend time with his fam­ily. He would take them fish­ing, go to movies, and even go danc­ing at times, never being afraid of mak­ing a fool of him­self. When he couldn’t get away from work, his kids would enjoy help­ing him around the farm. He was a big sup­porter of the 4-H and FFA pro­grams, which his chil­dren all par­tic­i­pated in grow­ing up.

Even though Harold was stern and bull­headed, he was always help­ing oth­ers and his heart was full of love for his family.

Harold will be dearly missed by five chil­dren: Wes­ley (Emily) Phillips of Galion, Brad Phillips of Mount Gilead, Dinah Phillips of Ful­ton, Teresa (James) Lup­ton of Mount Gilead, Genell (Ed) Ryon of Florida; 13 grand­chil­dren; 10 great grand­chil­dren; a brother, Frank (Mary Jane) Phillips of Ari­zona; two sis­ters, Helen Cor­nell of Galion and Carol (Tiny) Corf­man of Sycamore.

He was pre­ceded in death by three wives: Beu­lah Mae Lucas, Della Hamil­ton, Max­ine Ann Ster­ritt; two chil­dren, Michael and Jen­nifer Phillips; three broth­ers: Hubert, Charles, Ronald Phillips; and two sis­ters, Irene Phillips and Max­ine McPeak.

The Phillips fam­ily will greet friends from 12– 1 p.m. on Tues­day, August 14, 2012, at the Sny­der Funeral Home, Craven Chapel, 67 N. Main St., Mt. Gilead. Ser­vices cel­e­brat­ing his life will be held there imme­di­ately fol­low­ing at 1:00 p.m. with Rev. Joshua L. Melvin offi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial will fol­low in River­cliff Cemetery.

In lieu of flow­ers, memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions may be made to assist the fam­ily with funeral expenses.

Sny­der Funeral Homes of Mount Gilead is hon­ored to have been cho­sen to serve Harold’s fam­ily and your pri­vate con­do­lences may be expressed to them online by vis­it­ing www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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