J. W. Lyle Phillips, age 79 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Monday, July 3,2006 at his home. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Saturday, July 8, 2006 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. Family will receive friends 1/2 hour before the service. Family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society.


Lyle was born in Knob Noster. Missouri. He was a Navy and Air force Veteran of W. W. II. He worked for the Department of Defense at Richards-Gabour Air Force Base in Grandview, Missouri.


He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Laura Belle Smith Phillips; his wife, Christine; two sisters, Lillie Briggs and Thelma Cameron and five brothers, Garland, Logan, Alfred, Norman and Gene.

He is survived by two step daughters, Shirley Ott of Lone Jack, Missouri and Linda Price of Overland Park, Kansas; one step son, Ron Bell of Gladstone, Missouri; eight grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren and two sister-in-Iaws, Lorene Phillips and Rose Ann Philips, both of Clinton, Missouri as well as a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.