84 year old Virginia Ruth O’Neal Phillips of Auburntown died Friday at University Medical Center in Lebanon. She was born in Wilson County. She was also a retired employee of the Auburntown Bank, member of the Auburn Baptist Church, and a graduate of Watertown High School. The funeral will be Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the Auburn Baptist Church. Jerry Osborne will officiate and burial will be in the Odom Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and one hour prior to the service on Sunday at the church. She was preceded in death by her husbands, J.T. O’Neal and Magnus Phillips and her parents, Theodore and Elizabeth Armstrong. Survivors include a son, Lynn and his wife Cathy O’Neal of Auburntown. A daughter, Darnelle and husband Jim Brown of Liberty. Grandchildren and spouses, Tracy and Ravi Goins of Auburntown, Emily and Chris Crook of Liberty, Jason and Jennifer Brown of Auburntown, and Jeanna and Tracy Caplinger of Auburntown. Great grandchildren, Emma Claire and Caitlyn Crook, Carly and Ben Brown, Kayna and Kayley Caplinger, Lauryn and Colin Crawley, and Dustin Mears. A sister, Dorothy and husband Van Jennings of Statesville and a niece, Diane and husband Floyd Gaddes of Statesville. Hunter Funeral Home in Watertown is in charge of the arrangements.
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