Buddy Phillips

Buddy Phillips, age 87, of Cumming, GA., passed away Sunday, December 4th, 2022, at his home. He was a member of Coal Mountain Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, Tommie W. and Reba Stepp Phillips; wife, Lucille Burruss Phillips, brothers and sisters, Thomas Roscoe and Annie Nix Phillips, Jessie Edward Phillips, Freddie Ralph and Helen Arnold Phillips and Doris Nunn Phillips, Robert Reeves and Vertie Lee Orr Burruss, Charles Edward and Gwynell Day Burruss, Maggie Burruss and Wilson Wilbanks, Dorothy Neal Burruss, James Leland and Edna Morris Burruss, Clifton Chamblee Strickland, Ray Burton, Rebecca Johnson Burruss.

Survivors include his; sons and daughter-in-law, Ashley D. and Lisa Rodriguez Phillips, Tracey and Lisa Griggs Phillips; daughter, Paula Phillips Duncan; grand kids, Caleb Kyle Phillips, Madison Phillips and Chris Waters, Jessi Phillips and Alec Pearson, Jacob "Jake" Reece Phillips, Ethan Thomas Phillips, Jackson Levi Phillips; great grand kids, Buddy Augustus Phillips, Clara Faith Phillips, Logan Christopher Waters, Luke Monroe Waters, Walker Trace Pearson; brothers and sisters, Betty Burruss Strickland, Ineal Burruss, Kathleen Burruss and Harold Pruitt, Rodger Billy Burruss, Larry and Mary Martin Burruss, Inez Tench Phillips; and a number of other nieces, nephews and relatives also survive. 

Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 8th at 2:00 pm at Coal Mountain Baptist Church with Rev. Gary Martin, Rev. Danny Bennett and Brett Martin officiating. Interment will follow in Sawnee View Gardens. The family will receive friends at Ingram Funeral Home on Wednesday from 2:00 pm until 8:00 pm, and on Thursday from 11:00 am until the hour of the service. In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the Hightower Baptist Association Food & Clothing Bank. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming, Georgia is in charge of arrangements