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Anna Eloise Phillips

October 15, 1936 — March 27, 2025

Austin

Anna Eloise Phillips

Anna Eloise Phillips, 88, went to meet the Lord on March 27, 2025. She was born on October 15, 1936, to Joe and Dorothy Powell in Cato, Arkansas. She was a hard-working Christian her whole life and had a brilliant mind. She was an excellent cook and loved taking care of her family.

Eloise is preceded in death by her parents, Her infant daughter, Rita Louise Phillips (1954), her son, Brian Clayton Phillips (age 17), and her brother, Jimmy Eugene “Buddy” Powell.

She is survived by her husband, Kendall Lee Phillips of Austin, Ar; her sons, Kendall Lee (Lynette) Phillips Jr. of Conway, Ar, and Roger Allen Phillips of Austin, Ar; grandchildren, Geoffrey Kendall (Ashley) Phillips of Sherwood, Ar, and Jonathan Ryan (Chelsea) Phillips of Horseshoe Bend, Ar; great grandchildren, Judah Kendall Phillips, Gracyn Elizabeth Phillips, and Lincoln Jude Phillips; and a host of nieces, nephews and other family and friends.

Visitation will be held on Monday, March 31, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at Victory Baptist Church, 501 N. Lincoln, Cabot, Arkansas. Funeral Service will follow at 2:00 p.m, with burial at Bayou Meto Cemetery in Jacksonville. Arrangements by Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, 404 W. Dewitt Henry Dr., Beebe, Arkansas. Please visit www.smithfamilycares.com to view the online register.

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Monday, March 31, 2025

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Monday, March 31, 2025

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Interment

Monday, March 31, 2025

Bayou Meto Cemetery

Jacksonville, AR 72076

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