Mr. Joe Hutchinson Phillips, age 99, of Summerville, GA, died Saturday, September 21, 2013, at Floyd Medical Center.

Mr. Phillips was born February 25, 1914, in Rome, GA, son of the late Jerry Samuel and Katie Henretta Mixon Phillips.  Prior to his retirement, he worked as a foreman with the Summerville Cotton Mill.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Johnson Phillips.

Mr. Phillips is survived by his son, Joe Phillips Jr.; daughter and son-in-law, Katherine and Charles Frady; sister, Jewell Brown; grandchildren, Charles Michael Frady, Kenneth Duane Frady, LaVonna Dawn Frady, Philana Phillips, and Marcus Kane Phillips; 10 great-grandchildren; and 5 great-great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Monday, September 23, 2013, from the Greenhills Memory Gardens with Dr. William Flannagan officiating.  Burial will follow in the family plot at Greenhills Memory Gardens.  Pallbearers will be Michael Frady, Ken Frady, Kane Phillips, Charles Frady, Nicholas Plant, and Nigel Plant.

Mr. Phillips will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on Monday.

Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.