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Wilma Ernestine (Johnson) Phillips

December 17, 1945 ~ June 14, 2024 (age 78) 78 Years Old

Wilma Ernestine Phillips Obituary

Green Sea, SC

Wilma Ernestine Phillips, age 78, died Friday, June 14, 2024, in McLeod Seacoast Hospital, Little River, SC. Born in Horry County, SC she was the daughter of the late Oscar Johnson and Toola Rabon Johnson and the widow of Samuel "Sammy" Phillips.

She is survived by two daughters, Toni P. Elliott and husband, Dean of Nichols, SC, Nikki P. Strickland of Green Sea, SC; two grandchildren, Meagan Elliott Dew and husband, Brian and Trevor Strickland; one great-grandchild, Jace "JJ" Dew.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Alton Johnson and James Levon Johnson; sister, Erma Jean Fowler.

Visitation will be held in Inman Ward Funeral Home on Sunday, June 16, 2024, from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.

Graveside services will be in the Floyds Freewill Baptist Cemetery, on Three Bend Rd Nichols, SC, on Monday, June 17, 2024, at 10:00 AM.

A service of Inman Ward Funeral Home & Crematory.

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Services

Visitation
Sunday
June 16, 2024

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Inman Ward Funeral Home
300 East 5th Street
Tabor City, NC 28463

Graveside Service
Monday
June 17, 2024

10:00 AM
Floyd Freewill Baptist Cemetery
Three Bend Rd
Nichols, SC 29581

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