Emma Jean Phillips

Emma Jean Beach Phillips, 83, of Hebron, passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She was born on January 22, 1931 in Hebron, Maryland, a daughter of the late George and Hannah Beach. Emma Jean worked for the telephone company in her younger days before leaving to stay home and raise her family. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend to many. She adored children, and for many years was the neighborhood babysitter for her family and friends. She was a member of Cross Pointe Church of the Nazarene in Salisbury and enjoyed volleyball and the bowling leagues she belonged to through the years. Emma Jean had a wonderful sense of humor who had a knack for making those around her smile and never met a stranger. She loved to watch the birds feed, Christmas time and all of the special traditions of the season and loved to read and was rarely found without a magazine in her hand or a word search puzzle she was working on. She is survived by three children, Dawn Hooper and her husband David of Hebron, Jo Ellen Sullivan and her husband Barry of Laurel, and Glen Phillips and his wife Gail of Mardela Springs; grandchildren, Kelly Hartman (Greg), Jamie Hartman (Chris), Abby Parsons (John), AJ Phillips, and Lindsey Sullivan; great grandchildren, Avery, Storm, Emma and Sam; two sisters, Joyce Marvel and her husband Art of Salisbury, and Judy Calloway and her husband Eddie of Mardela Springs; a special caregiver Gloria West; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, William “Bill” E. Phillips; and two sisters, Jane Baxley and Janice Beach Watson. A funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2014 at the Short Funeral Home, 13 E. Grove Street in Delmar, where a visitation for family and friends will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pastor Ronald G. Parker will officiate. Interment will follow the service at Hebron Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Short Funeral Home in Delmar. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.shortfh.com.

Emma Jean Phillips

January 22, 1931 - December 10, 2014