Name: Raleigh Wade Phillips Date: September 4th, 1914 - July 16th, 2009 Obituary: Raleigh Wade Phillips, age 94, of Kent Drive, Forest City, died, Thursday, July 16, 2009, at the Hospice House in Forest City. A native of Thomaston, GA, he was a son of the late Wade Wilkie Phillips and Willie Mae Blount Phillips, retired from Southern Railway having worked as an agent for over 30 years, member of Crestview Baptist Church, and the National Railway Historical Society. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Frankie Lucille Abernethy Phillips in 1993, a son, Harold Gene Phillips in 1950, and a sister, Corine Phillips English in 1989. Survivors include a daughter, Linda Phillips Campbell of Forest City, a grandson, James Guffey and his wife, Pamela of Gastonia, three great-grandchildren, Mary Beth Guffey, Phillip Guffey, and Hunter Caroline Guffey, all of Gastonia, and a niece, Linda English Long of Conyers, GA. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Two o’clock in the afternoon, July 19, 2009, at Crestview Baptist Church, Forest City, NC, with the Reverend Kevin Rohm, Reverend Boyce Gregory, and Reverend Tim Frazier officiating. Interment will follow in the Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, Vale, NC. Visitation will be from 4 until 6 PM, Saturday, at The Padgett & King Mortuary, Forest City, NC. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC, 28043, The Crestview Baptist Church Building Fund, 630 South Church Street, Forest City, NC 28043, or The Rutherford Life Services, 230 Fairground Rd, Spindale, NC 28160. An online guest registry is available at www.padgettking.com. The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Memorials: Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC, 28043, The Crestview Baptist Church Building Fund, 630 South Church Street, Forest City, NC 28043, or The Rutherford Life Services, 230 Fairground Rd, Spindale, NC 28160 Visitations: 4:00PM to 6:00PM on Saturday, July 18th, 2009 at The Padgett & King Mortuary (map/driving directions) Services: 2:00PM at Crestview Baptist Church on Sunday, July 19th, 2009 (map/driving directions) Cemetery: Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, Vale 7929 W Nc 10 Hwy Vale, NC 28168 (map/driving directions)