Mrs. Barbara Hope Campbell Phillips, born Oct. 5, 1931, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on Sept. 21, 2024. She was born in Bobtown, Accomack County, and was a member of Hollies Baptist Church. Barbara was preceded in death by her father, George Ward Campbell; mother, Mildred, Mae Kellam Campbell; brother, Richard Kellam Campbell; and sister, Doris May Campbell Custis.
She is survived by her husband, John (Jack) Edward Phillips II, to whom she was married on Oct. 26, 1951; three daughters, Deborah Hope Phillips Bank and her husband, Martin E. Bank, Susan Lynn Phillips, and Karen Ann Phillips Kirby and her husband, Steven L. Kirby; grandsons, John Thomas Steele Jr., and his wife, Lynn Steele, Jon-Michael Tyler Bowman and his wife, Jessica Burton, Jeffery Allan Moore Jr., and Kyle Edward McCloud and his wife, Tori McCloud; great-grandchildren, Alana Hope Steele, Drake Thomas Steele, Landon Chase Michael Bowman, Liam James Bowman, and Lochland Jahn Bowman; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Barbara, a retired writer-editor, was employed by the U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School at Fort Eustis. After retirement she and Jack took time to travel the United States and abroad. An avid sports fan, you could find her watching her favorite sport, tennis, as well as following the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Commanders, and enjoying the sport achievements of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at a later date.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com
Arrangements were made by Doughty Funeral Home in Exmore.
