William Alexander Phillips Jr.
William Alexander Phillips Jr.
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Alec was a graduate of Franklin High School and served in the US Air Force. He attended Chowan College and Virginia Commonwealth University. Alec was a retired senior lab technician for Union Camp Corporation and was brought up in High Street United Methodist Church.
Alec was a weight lifter and golfer. He was the 1968 National Junior College Golf Champion for Chowan College, a member of the 1968 National Junior College All American Golf Team, and was inducted in the Chowan College Hall of Fame in 1994. Alec was a longtime member and club champion at Cypress Cove Country Club.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 49 years Celeste Spence Phillips, a son Brian Spence Phillips, a sister Allene P. Atkinson (Mike), a brother Stephen K. Phillips (Nancy), and nieces and nephews.
Services will be private.
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