Janice Kate Phillips, age 83, of Connelly Springs, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2025, at UNC Health Blue Ridge Hospital in Morganton.

She was born December 7, 1941, in Ashe county. A daughter of the late Robert and Nellie Shelton Brown.

She is survived by three sons, Randy Phillips and  fiancée Julie Paxton of Connelly Springs; Steven Phillips and fiance Shawntae Wheeler of Morganton and Kenneth Phillips of Connelly Springs; granson, Keith Phillips, two brothers, Wayne Brown and wife Wanda of Creston and Tom Mains of Wilkesboro.

In addition to her father and mother she was preceded in death by, her husband, Cecil Phillips, one sister, Bertie Brown and two brothers, James Grant Brown and Bob Brown.

Funeral Services for Janice will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at Sutherland Baptist Church,134 Brown Hollow Road, Creston, NC.  Reverend Tony Childers officiating.  Burial will follow in the Brown Cemetery in Creston.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 1:00 until 2:00 PM prior to the service.

Flowers are appreciated or memorial contributions may be made to Sutherland Baptist Church.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral Service of Boone is in charge of the arrangements.