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Lydia Verla Marsh Venable Phillips

Birth	:	24 Oct 1927 Lee County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	11 Dec 2019 Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Hutchens-Venable Family Cemetery, Mount Airy, Surry County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.4309170, -80.6131390
Description	:	Mrs. Verla Marsh Venable Phillips, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, December 11, 2019, with her family at her side. She was born October 24, 1927, in Lee County, to the late Mamie Brown and Wesley J. Marsh. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Phillips was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, James “Doc” Venable, Jr.; her second husband of 14 years, Fred Randall Phillips; her brothers, Kemp Marsh and Boyd Marsh; and three sisters, Desta Tilley, Vallie Atkins, and Lema Bryant. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law,... Read More	Mrs. Verla Marsh Venable Phillips, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, December 11, 2019, with her family at her side. She was born October 24, 1927, in Lee County, to the late Mamie Brown and Wesley J. Marsh. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Phillips was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, James “Doc” Venable, Jr.; her second husband of 14 years, Fred Randall Phillips; her brothers, Kemp Marsh and Boyd Marsh; and three sisters, Desta Tilley, Vallie Atkins, and Lema Bryant. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Lu Ann Venable Browne and Charles E. Browne of Mount Airy; two granddaughters, Mary Beth Browne of Nashville, TN, and Laura Browne of Mount Airy; and a special friend, Coley Jones. Mrs. Phillips was a faithful member of Little Mountain Baptist Church for 55 years, rarely ever missing a service, and served as church treasurer for 53 of those years. In 1943, at the age of 16, she began work at Jackson Brothers Department Store in Downtown Mount Airy, which became Baldwin’s Department Store in 1968, where she was manager and buyer for the store until her retirement in 2001, a total of 58 years. The funeral service will be held Sunday, December 15, 2019, at 2:00 PM at Little Mountain Baptist Church in Ararat, with the Reverend Rayton Puckett and the Reverend Bill Watson officiating. Burial will follow in the Hutchens-Venable Cemetery on Venable Farm Road, Mount Airy. The family will receive friends at Moody Funeral Home in Mount Airy on Saturday, December 14, 2019, from 6:00 until 8:00 PM, and Mrs. Phillips will also lie-in-state 30 minutes prior to the service at the church on Sunday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Hutchens-Venable Cemetery Fund, c/o Kenneth Kallam, 227 Kallam Road, Mount Airy, NC 27030. The family wishes to thank friends, health care workers, and caregivers who supported her and the entire family during her brief illness.

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Lydia Verla Marsh Venable Phillips's memorial is located at: Hutchens-Venable Family Cemetery, Mount Airy, Surry County, USA.
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Lydia Verla Marsh Venable Phillips death on 11 Dec 2019 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
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Latitude: 36.4309170
Longitude: -80.6131390

Family Members:

Parent

Wesley Johnson Marsh

(1890 - 1960)

Mamie Brown Marsh

(1893 - 1984)

Spouse

James Elbert “Doc” Venable Jr.

(1925 - 1985)

Siblings

Vallie Lee Marsh Atkins

(1919 - 2003)

Lema Ona “Lemie” Marsh Bryant

(1922 - 1971)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Hutchens-Venable Family Cemetery
Mount Airy, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4309170, -80.6131390

2. Little Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery
Ararat, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4213066, -80.6090012

3. Dover Baptist Church Cemetery
White Plains, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4376678, -80.6373901

4. White Plains Friends Meeting Cemetery
White Plains, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4478607, -80.6326141

5. Charles Beck Family Cemetery
Ararat, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4147800, -80.5909700

6. Doss Cemetery
Mount Airy, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4553337, -80.6131363

7. Watson Cemetery
Ararat, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4254140, -80.5822060

8. White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery
White Plains, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4534820, -80.6296600

9. Lawson and Sawyers Family Cemetery
Ararat, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4144700, -80.5837500

10. Johnson Family Cemetery
Ararat, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4050833, -80.5928333

11. W.C. Hiatt Cemetery
Mount Airy, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4484329, -80.5796204

12. Blackwater United Methodist Church Cemetery
Black Water, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.3976220, -80.6236920

13. The Community Church Cemetery
Mount Airy, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.3986860, -80.6312360

14. Community Church Cemetery
Black Water, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.3986300, -80.6312750

15. Blackwater Community Church Cemetery
Black Water, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4019720, -80.6393330

16. Venable Family Cemetery
Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4045315, -80.6444179

17. Bryant-Simpson Cemetery
Eldora Township, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.3991900, -80.5871100

18. Bryant Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Ararat, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4106840, -80.5728080

19. Harrell-Lewis Family Cemetery
Mount Airy, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4148120, -80.6607750

20. McGee Cemetery
Mount Airy, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4550800, -80.5700400

21. Marion Family Cemetery
Dobson, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4101530, -80.6633480

22. Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
Ash Hill, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.3949432, -80.5725021

23. Skyline Memory Gardens
Mount Airy, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4745610, -80.5856500

24. Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Black Water, Surry County, USA
Coordinate: 36.3821983, -80.6282425