Born in Wills Point, TX on Oct. 19, 1953
Departed on May 30, 2015 and resided in Edgewood, TX.

Visitation service for Rickey Jay Phillips, 61, of Edgewood, is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point.

He passed away early Saturday morning, May 30, 2015, in Tyler.

Jay was born October 19, 1953, in Wills Point, the son of Vernon Richard Phillips and Doris Rae Pickens Phillips. He was a lifelong resident of Edgewood and in 1972, he graduated from Edgewood High School. Jay was in commercial construction most of his life, until his health failed. He enjoyed riding horses, fishing and hunting. Jay was a member of the American Quarter Horse Association.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon Phillips on March 18, 2013 and Doris Rae Phillips on May 11, 2008.

Jay is survived by a son, Jeff Phillips & wife, Jennifer, of Rockwall; two daughters, Melissa Cooper, of Edgewood and Taylor Phillips, of Canton; two brothers, Richard Phillips & wife, Karen, of Edgewood and Tim Phillips, of Edgewood; three grandchildren, Wade Cooper, of Edgewood, Sydney Phillips, of Rockwall and Reid Phillips, of Rockwall and other relatives and friends.