RONNIE DALE PHILLlPS, AGE 64, OF LEBANON, TENNESSEE PARTED FROM THIS LIFE ON EARTH IN HIS HOME ON OCTOBER 27, 2012 WITH HIS FAMILY BESIDE HIM.

RONNIE DALE WAS A VERY GENTLE PERSON AND A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST WHO HAD A HUGE LOVE FOR ANIMALS (ESPECIALLY HIS BELOVED DOG, TINKERBELL) AND LOVED FOOTBALL AND PLAYING FOOTBALL.

HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: MILDRED CALLIE AND ALVIN BUSTER PHILLIPS OF MICHIGAN. RONNIE’S SPECIAL AUNT VERY DEAR TO HIM, MAGGIE PHILLIPS NAIL, FRIEND AND GRANDFATHER “POPPI” EMMET PHILLIPS BOTH WHO RAISED RONNIE AS LOVING SECOND PARENTS. BROTHERS: FOSTER PHILLIPS OF OAK RIDGE, TN AND JERRY PHILLIPS OF NORTH HIGHLANDS, CA.

RONNIE IS SURVIVED BY A SISTER, LINDA KEELER OF BATTLE CREEK,MI. AND BROTHER, MIKE PHILLIPS OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM, AND A VERY SPECIAL COUSIN, “DOLL” HOLLAND OF CRAB ORCHARD, TN,

ALONG WITH MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, AUNTS, UNCLES AND COUSINS

HIS NIECE, LEANN MOLES OF OAK RIDGE, TN AND NEPHEW, MARK PHILLIPS OF

MURFREESBORO, TN WERE BOTH DEAR TO Ronnie  AND THEY ALL 3 WERE ABLE TO SHARE MANY SPECIAL MOMENTS AND MEMORIES OF TIMES PAST WITH RONNIE DURING HIS LAST FEW MONTHS AN EXTENDED THANKS GOES TO  A  LOT  OF PEOPLE WHO HELPED CARE FOR RONNIE AND VISITED HIM DURING HIS ILLNESS DUE TO PANCREATIC CANCER. WE ALL SHARED SPECIAL

MEMORIES WITH RONNIE BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY AND THESE TIMES WERE VERY DEAR TO RONNIE. LAQUITTA TROXLER AND ADAM MOLES, WE CAN’T THINK YOU ENOUGH!!! THANK YOU TERRYE AND VERNON PATTON (AND FAMILY) FOR ALL YOUR TIME”‘WENDELL AND CONNIE HUFFMAN”‘JAMES AND ELAINE WINCHESTER ‘SHADYACRES NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND EMLOYEES, MITZI AND CHARLIE DORNAN, MOLES SAWMILL AND A HOST OF MANY MORE FRIENDS

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE FAMILY OF RONNIE FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES(C/O MARK PHILLIPS 2133 LIBERTY DRIVE, MURFREESBORO, TN 37129 OR CALL (615) 306-1906 OR MAKE A DONATION TO A CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE IN MEMORY OF RONNIEDALE PHILLIPS

RONIE WAS LAID TO REST AT BUTTRAM CEMETERY IN DAYTON,TN

ON October 30, 2012.

Crossville Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. were in charge of the arrangements.