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Mantachie - Sherman "Sparky" Phillips, 66, died July 13, 2008, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A Kingsport, Tenn., native, he was born March 14, 1942, to Claude Allen and Cora Irene Stubbelfield Phillips. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He worked as a truck driver for 45 years, retiring from Old Dominion Freight Lines after 21 years. An avid Tennessee Vols fan, he enjoyed watching college football and CB radios. He loved his family and the time he spent with his grandchildren. He attended Dorsey Baptist Church.
Services were July 15 at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues with burial in Lee Memorial Park.
Survivors included his wife of nearly 23 years, Loretta Phillips of Mantachie; five sons, Shannon Phillips, Brandon Phillips (Cathy) of Gainesville, Ga., Billy Joe Phillips of Kingsport, Tenn., Shane Phillips (Jamie) of Mantachie and Wade Phillips (Kelly) of Saltillo; one sister, Patsy Stump of Kingsport, Tenn.; 12 grandchildren, Ashley Phillips, Britney Phillips, Georgia Phillips, Kayleigh Phillips, Austin Phillips, Mandy Mallory, Brandon Phillips Jr., Danny Phillips, Charla Watson, Hailee Rutledge, Emily Rutledge and James-Michael Johnson; two great-grandchildren, Ashton and Summer Mallory.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Danny Wade Phillips; and two brothers, Doug Phillips and Charlie Bill Phillips.
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