Nell Rose Phillips Hileman, 78, TN, obit; w/o Dale Hileman
Mrs. Nell Rose Phillips Hileman, 78, resident of Spears
Lane, Columbia, TN, died Thursday, May 12, 2011, at
Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN.
The Hawkins County native was born May 27, 1932, the
daughter of the late Wilbur Ray Phillips and Willie Pearl
Anderson Phillips.
On February 10, 1954, she married Dale Hileman, of
Columbia, who survives her. She was a graduate of Bulls
Gap High School in Bulls Gap, TN, and attended Greenville
Business College. Mrs. Hileman was retired as a bookkeeper
from Massingill-McCreary & Gregg, in Morristown, TN.
Mrs. Hileman was a member of Northside Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Jean Purkey, in 2010.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Gary
(Sherry) Hileman, of Columbia, TN; grandson, Adam Hileman,
of Antioch; granddaughter, Amanda (Adam) Fuller, of
Columbia, TN; great-grandson, Blake Fuller, of Columbia,
TN; great-granddaughter, Paige Fuller, of Columbia, TN;
and a nephew, Phillip (Lynn) Purkey, of Charlotte, NC.
The family will visit with friends Saturday, May 14, 2011,
from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home.
A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m., Sunday,
May 15, 2011, at Polk Memorial Gardens, with Pastor Ron
Gleaves officiating.
Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at
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Arrangements by Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home, in Columbia, TN.