Ethel Rebecca Phillips

Ethel Rebecca Phillips, 90 of Groves, Texas peacefully fell asleep in Jesus at her home in Groves on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020. Ethel was born December 25th, 1929 in Guanaja, Honduras to Richard Wood and Belle Wood. She married Heber Phillips in June of 1949 and moved to the United States in 1955. She was a loving wife, mother, and homemaker. Her passions included teaching childrens Sabbath school, sewing, and cooking for others. Ethel was a resident of Groves for 65 years and a member of Groves Seventh Day Adventist Church. She is preceded in death by her husband, Gosmer Heber Phillips; brother, Peter Wood, Spicer Wood; sisters, Eleanor Ebanks, Esther Hyde, Ruth Reeves. Those left to cherish her memories include; her children, Rhonda Simon and her husband Rodney of Groves, Penny Lee and her husband Andrew of Groves, Richard Phillips and his wife Mona of Groves, Jeannine Jones and her husband Mike of Nederland; brother Ricardo Wood and his wife Virginia of Nederland; sister, Alice Phillips and husband Percy of Tampa; eight grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. Along with multiple nieces and nephews. Ethel will be greatly missed but never forgotten. May God continue to keep her memories alive in all our hearts until we meet again. A visitation for family and friends will begin at 12 noon on Monday, July 6, 2020 at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves, Texas followed by the funeral service at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Mark Valadez officiating. Burial will be at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches, Texas.