Laura Phinx

PHINX Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com Mrs. Laura M. Kee Wilkes Phinx, 86, went home to be with the Lord August 24, 2011. She attended Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. She later became a member of The Mighty Church of the Redeemed under the leadership of Prophetess Ethel L. Washington and Elder Emanuel Washington. At her church, she held the position of International Mother, Vice President of the Deaconess Board and led Usher Board #2. She also was a Sunday school teacher, worked with others on the kitchen committee and served tirelessly as head of Vacation Bible School. She is predeceased by husbands, Matthew Wilkes and Deacon Larry Phinx, and sons, Walter Kee, Jr. and Ronald Kee, Sr. Survivors include her children, Mrs. Joyce Moore (Terre Haute, Ind.), Mrs. Lillian Butler Humphrey (Terence), Mrs. Lamia Honey wood, Walter Kee, III (Gwendolyn) of Miami, FL, Donald Kee, Victor Kee (Jonick); 25 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, along with many other relatives, neighbors, and friends, including The Gissentanners and Bernard Solomon. The Home-going Celebration will be held Monday, August 29, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at The Mighty Church of the Redeemed, 2311 West 12th Street. Mrs. Phinx will rest in the mortuary for visitation of friends today from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. and in the church on Monday from 9:30 a.m. until the hour of service. Burial in Jacksonville National Cemetery.