Helen Phillips

Helen Dobbins Phillips, age 78, of Providence Road, Forest City, died on Wednesday December 2, 2009 at the Hospice House in Forest City, NC.
Helen was born in Rutherford County on March 5, 1931 and was the daughter of the late Henry Collette Dobbins and Mary Louvenia Dobbins. She was a cafeteria worker at Harris Elementary School for 13 years and a longtime member of Providence United Methodist Church. She loved to take care of her grandchildren and enjoyed sewing and cooking.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 50 plus years, Theron Phillips and two brothers, Ernest Dobbins and William Dobbins.
Survivors include one daughter, Alice Fuentes and her husband Gerardo of Forest City; two sons, Norris Phillips and wife Freida of Forest City, and Stanley Phillips of Forest City; two brothers, Roger Dobbins and his wife Nell and Carl Dobbins both of Rutherfordton; a sister-in-law, Mary Sue Dobbins of Forest City; eight grandchildren, 2nd Lieutenant Jonathan Humphries, Daniel Humphries, Alaina Lowery, Sara Gooch, Simon Phillips, Misty Elliott, Sonya Phillips, and Candace Reid and eight great grandchildren, Joshua Gonzales, Landon Gonzales, Kane Phillips, Ronnie Dixon, Mariah Elliott, Mikayla Elliott, Cheyenne Reid, and Landon Gooch.