Herman L. Phillips, Jr. Obituary (1956 - 2020)

Herman Lee Phillips, Jr. was born on June 30, 1956 to Herman Lee Phillips, Sr. and Bessie Goode Phillips. After a brief but courageous fight with cancer, on August 3, 2020 the angels took him home to glory. He was the oldest in a family of four sons. Herman attended many public schools around the states and overseas while traveling with the military. After his father's retirement from the military the family moved to Richmond VA Herman, Jr. graduated from George Wythe High School in 1974 and two years at James Madison University. He then married Joyce Hardy Phillips and entered until the US Army stationed in Anchorage, Alaska He loved football, basketball, cooking and movies. From the beginning of being diagnosed to the end his faith never left. He believed that he would beat this illness and he fought till his last day. Herman was preceded in death by his father Herman Phillips, Sr.; two brothers, Michael Keith Phillips and Kevin Maurice Phillips. Herman Lee Phillips, Jr. leaves to cherish his memory his children, Selina Phillips, and Duncan Carter; grandchildren, Ashanti and Kwali Phillips; faithful mother, Bessie Phillips; brothers, Carl W. Phillips (Ella); one uncle; three aunts; several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral service Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Mimms Chapel at 1:00pm. Interment Maury Cemetery. https://webcasts.lifetributes.com/1083154