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Phyllis White

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Or d e r Se r v i c e Pr o c e s s i o na l Pr a y e ro fCo mf o r t Hy mno fCo mf o r t Re a di ngo ft heWo r d Ol dT e s t a me n t Ne wT e s t a me n t Se l e c t i o n Re f l e c t i o ns Ac kno wl e dg e me nto fCo ndo l e nc e s Re a di ngo ft heObi t ua r y Se l e c t i o n Eul o g y Fi na lVi e wi ng Co mmi t t a l Be ne di c t i o n Ph y l l i s El i z a b e t hWh i t e Ph y l l i sEl i z a b e t hWh i t ewa sb o r no nS e p t e mb e r2 1 9 6 0 i nBr o o k l y nNY S h e d e p a r t e dt h i sl i f eo nJ u l y2 2 2 0 2 2 S h ewa st h eo l d e s tc h i l db o r nt oJ a n i eMa e Ge t t y s J a c k s o nwh op r e c e d e dh e ri nd e a t h He rb i o l o g i c a lf a t h e r Ro b e r tBr o wn p a s s e dwh e ns h ewa sa ni n f a n t b u ts h ewa sb l e s s e dt oh a v et woo t h e rme ni n h e rl i f ewh ot o o ko nt h er e s p o n s i b i l i t yo fb e i n gh e rf a t h e r On eo ft h e m Ed wi n J Mo o r e S r a l s op r e c e d e dh e ri nd e a t h Ph y l l i swa st h eo l d e s to ff o u rs i b l i n g s Ed wi nJ Mo o r e I I Pa u l i n eGe t t y s Ke n t a n dCh e r y lJ o h n s o n Gr o wi n gu ps h ewa sv e r yp r o t e c t i v eo fh e rb r o t h e ra n d s i s t e r s a n da st h eo l d e s ts h ewa st h el e a d e r S h ewa sv e r ya d v e n t u r o u s I fy o u t o l dh e rn o tt od os o me t h i n gy o uc o u l dd e p e n do nh e rd o i n gt h eo p p o s i t e S h e s t a y e di nt r o u b l ea n dg o th e rs i b l i n g si nal o to ft r o u b l eb e c a u s et h e yf o l l o we d h e rl e a d Ph y l l i sr e c e i v e dh e re d u c a t i o ni nBr o o k l y n Ne wY o r k S h eg r a d u a t e df r o mEl i Wh i t n e yH S a n dwe n to nt oa t t e n dNe wY o r kCi t yCo mmu n i t yCo l l e g e S h e wo r k e df o rt h ePo s t a lS e r v i c ea saS a f e t yOf f i c e rf o rma n yy e a r sb e f o r er e t i r i n g b e c a u s eo fh e a l t hi s s u e s S h ewa sab o r nl e a d e ra n de n j o y e dh e rp o s i t i o n d i r e c t i n gma n a g e me n to nh o wt ok e e pt h ewo r k p l a c es a f e Ph y l l i swa sma r r i e dt oAn t h o n yWh i t e Al t h o u g ht h e ywe r es e p a r a t e da tt h e t i meo fh i sp a s s i n g t h e yr e ma i n e dg o o df r i e n d su pu n t i lh i sd e a t h Ph y l l i se n j o y e dl i f e S h eh a dab i gp e r s o n a l i t y a n ds o mep e o p l ewo u l ds a ys h e wa sb o s s y S h ewa sr a i s e di nt h ec h u r c h s os h el o v e da n dwo r s h i p p e dGo d Fa mi l ywa sv e r yi mp o r t a n tt oPh y l l i s a n ds h er e l i s h e ds p e n d i n gt i mewi t h t h e m S h el i k e dt ot r a v e la n dl o o k e df o r wa r dt og e t t i n gd r e s s e du pa n dh a n g i n g o u t Wh e n e v e ry o us a wh e r s h ewa sd r e s s e dt oi mp r e s s a n dh e rh a i rwa s a l wa y so np o i n t He rf a v o r i t ep a s t i mewa sg a mb l i n g S h ema d ef r e q u e n tt r i p s t oAt l a n t i cCi t ya n dl o o k e df o r wa r dt ot h ef a mi l yp o k e rg a me s Ph y l l i swa sv e r yg i v i n ga n dn u r t u r i n g Al t h o u g hs h ed i dn o th a v ea n yc h i l d r e n o fh e ro wn s h ewa si n s t r u me n t a li nr a i s i n gh e rGo d c h i l d r e n Ni e c e s a n d Ne p h e ws S h ewa st h e f u n Au n t S h el o v e ds p o i l i n gy o u rc h i l d r e na n d s e n d i n gt h e mb a c kh o me Ast h e yg o to l d e r s h el i s t e n e dt ot h e i ri s s u e sa n d a l wa y sp r o v i d e ds a g ea d v i c ewh e nn e e d e d S h ea l s ol o v e dt os h a r es t o r i e so f h e re x p e r i e n c e swh i c hs h eu s e dt ot e a c hl i f el e s s o n s He rp a s s i n gh a sd r a ma t i c a l l ya l r t e e do u rf a mi l yd y n a mi c S h ewa st h e f i r s t b o r ns i b l i n g c o u s i n g r a n d c h i l d n i e c e S h et o u c h e dt h el i v e so fs o ma n ya n dh e rp h y s i c a lp r e s e n c ewi l lb emi s s e db ya l l Ph y l l i sl e a v e st oc h e r i s hh e rme mo r y h e rf a t h e r S a mmi eJ a c k s o n s i b l i n g s Ed wi n Pa u l i n ea n dCh e r y l s i s t e r i n l a w Ce a l o n e g o d c h i l d r e n S h a n e i c e T e r r e l la n dNa h j a y a n dah o s to fn i e c e s n e p h e ws o t h e rf a mi l yme mb e r sa n d f r i e n d s

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To MySi s t e r Is ai dapr ay e rf ory ou t ot hankt hel or dabov e f orbl e s s i ngmewi t hal i f e t i me ofy ourt e nde r he ar t e dl ov e It hank e dGodf ort hec ar i ng y ou v es hownmet hr ought hey e ar s f ort hec l os e ne s swe v ee nj oy e d i nt i me sofl aught e randoft e ar s Ands o It hanky ouf r omt hehe ar t f oral ly ou v edonef orme andIbl e s st heLor df orgi v i ngme t hebe s ts i s t e rt he r ec oul dbe FAMI LYACKNOWLEDGEMENT Th ef a mi l yo fPh y l l i sEl i z a b e t hWh i t ewi s h e st oe x p r e s st h e i rs i n c e r e a p p r e c i a t i o nf o rt h ema n ya c t so fk i n d n e s s wo r d so fs u p p o r t a n d e x p r e s s i o n so fs y mp a t h yd u r i n gt h ep a s s i n go fo u rl o v e do n e Ma yGo ds h o we rHi sr i c h e s tb l e s s i n g su p o ny o u FI NALDI SPOSI TI ON PROFESSI ONALSERVI CESENTRUSTEDTO Ph y l l i s El i z a b e t h WHI TE MONDAY AUGUST1 2 0 2 2 Vi e wi ng 1 0 0 0 a m 1 1 0 0 a m Se r v i c e 1 1 0 0 a m Eul o g i s t Of f i c i a nt Re v e r e ndLe s l e ySha nno n Or g a ni s t Pa s t o rTr a v i sHa y ne s