James C Phillips

James Clemit Phillips 2.9.1924 to 2.22.2020 Born in Slocomb, Alabama to Manuel Dewey Phillips and Bertis Dean Bolin Phillips in Geneva County Alabama. See bio/resume for history 12.20.1946 Married Flora Christine Fortson in Houston County Alabama. She was the daughter of Clayton and Leona Fortson of Houston County Alabama. They met as pin pals during the WWII. They were married 63 years. They moved to Ocala Florida in 1957. Predeceased by: his wife Christine in 2009, his parents, three sisters, Ruth Phillips (Carl) Davis, Abbie Phillips (Paul) Sawyer, Vaughdean (Laurel) Bracken, and his brother Hugo Phillips (Oudia Lou). Survivors: Daughter, Sharon Yevette Phillips Sutter her husband Donald, their children Chad Andrew Sutter his wife Julie Ann and two children Mia and Teagan. Jeremy Ryan Sutter his wife Donna and two children Christopher and John. Daughter Karen Lynn Phillips and her son Dustin Z. Mann and his children Devin and David. Survived by many loving nieces and nephews that he adored. He was loved by the community in which he lived. In place of flowers send a donation to Veterans Helping Veterans of Marion County Fl and the Order of the Purple Heart Marion Coun...[more]

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FL. CSC (PA) JAMES C. PHILLIPS DA VPRM/E7 USN My Years On The Planet Earth ENLISTED IN THE REGULAR NAVY MARCH 1941. TOOK BOOT TRAINING AND SCHOOLING AT NTC NORFOLK, VA FIRST SHIP USS LUCE (DD522) OPERATED IN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC. I WAS IN TASK FORCE 94.6 FIRST EVER LAND BOMBARDMENT OF THE JAPANESE HOMELAND. LOST IN A BATTLE WITH 30 JAP KAMIKAZE PLANES 4 MAY 1945, AT OKINAWA RESCUED FROM THE CHINA SEA BY USS HENRY A. WILEY (DM 29). TRANSFERRED TO USS: MERCY, 4 DAYS LATER TRANSFURED TO FLEET HOSPITAL III GUAM. THEN TO R/S TO BUBA P.I. TO USS SHENANDOAH AD 26- TO USS ESTES AGC 11, TO USS TURNER (DDR 834) TO NTC GREAT LAKES, IL TO USS LAFFEY DD724, TO USS RANDOLPH CVA 15, TO NOB BERMUDA BWI .. SERVED IN ALL ENLISTED PAY GRADES WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AT THE AGE OF 21. MEDALS AND AWARDS NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, EUROPEAN AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PURPLE HEART MEDAL, PRESIDENT UNIT CITATION, WOPRLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL, KOREA CAMPAIGN MEDAL, COMBAT ACTION MEDAL W/V. FOREIGN MEDALS AND AWARDS PHILIPPINE LIVERATION MEDAL, PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE MEDAL, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINE CITATION BADGE AWARD, K9REA PRESIDENT UNIT CITATION. LETTER OF COMMENDATION PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY JAMES FORREST ALL, COMMANDER NAVAL TRAINING CENTER GREAT LAKES, IL, COMMANDER SERVICE FORCE US ATLANTIC FLEET, COMMANDING OFFICER US NAVAL STATION BERMUDA, SUPPLY AND FISCAL OFFICER US NAVAL STATION BERMUDA, MERITORIOUS MAST, COMMANDING OFFICER USS RANDOLPH-CVA 15-SEPARATED FROM NAVY 1957. CIVIAL AWARDS PATRIOTS POINT NAVAL AND MARITIME MUSEUM CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, SOUTHWESTERN PETROLEUM CORPORATION NATIONAL SALES MANAGERS COMMENDATION AWARD 1965. CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION GULF OIL CORP., UNITED DELCO MOTOR SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM, A.t\1ERICAN BREEDERS SERVICE A.I. MANAGEMENT. NCPOA CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS PAST PRESIDENT USS LUCE DD522 ASSOC. PAST PRESIDENT USS LAFFEY DD724 ASSOC. DIRECTOR NCPOA, CHARTER MEMBER FRA BRANCH 33 BERMUDA BWI MEMBER US YORKTOWN ASSOC. TIN CAN SAILORS ASSOC. USS TURNER DD834 ASSOC. LIFE MEMBER DAV LIFE MEMBER VFW LIFE MEMBER MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART PLANK OWNER US NA VY MEMORAL MEMBER NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION PAST PRESIDENT NATIONAL CPO ASSOC. MEMBER NATIONAL KAMIKAZE SURVIVORS ASSOC. PRESENTLY RETIRED AND LIVING IN MARION ---------COUNTY