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Junior
Pharis
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[January
25, 2010]
MOUNT
PULASKI -- Junior Lee Pharis, 81, of Mount
Pulaski, died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at 9:27
p.m. at his home.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski, with the Rev. Kevin Treptow
officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 2
p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery. |
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Mr. Pharis was a retired carpenter. He was
born Dec. 19, 1928, in Bearsdale to Owen and May
Embery Pharis. He married Maymie Smith in
Clinton on Sept. 25, 1948. She preceded him in
death on Sept. 16, 2009.
He is survived by two sons, Gary (and Penny)
Pharis of Mount Pulaski and Eddie (and Jane)
Pharis of Mount Pulaski; five grandchildren,
Laura Pharis, Mandl (and Scott) Luckhart, Aaron
(and Jennifer) Wilham, Joseph (and Amanda)
Pharis and Josh Pharis; nine
great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ray (and Pat)
Pharis of Refugio, Texas, and Kenneth and Mary
Pharis of Rienzi, Miss.; and three sisters,
Helen Frank of Refugio, Texas, Dorothy (and
Vernell) Bahn of Mount Pulaski and Lou (and
Gene) Mattingly of Atlanta.
He was also preceded by in death by one
brother, Gerald Pharis, and one sister, Lillian
P. Rentmeister. |
He was a member of Chestnut United Methodist
Church and one of the founding members of the
Chestnut Fire Department.
Memorials may be made to Chestnut Methodist
Church or Memorial Home Hospice.
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