Mrs. Gail Jeanette Brown Phillips, age 79, of Fairmont, NC, passed away Monday, October 28, 2019, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton, NC. She was born on October 5, 1940 in Dillon, SC to the late William Leroy Meyers and the late Elvie Brown Meyers and her adoptive parents, Julius Barney Brown and Retha Brown. She was formerly employed as a CNA with Greenbrier Assisted Living Center.

Along with her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Jeffie Thomas Phillips, Jr.; two brothers, Donnie Meyers and James Henry Brown; one sister, Mary Evelyn Pope; and a special friend, Kemp Haywood Miller.

She is survived by three daughters: Pamela Phillips Dailey and husband James of West Palm Beach, FL, Connie Lynn Phillips Bryant of Lumberton, NC, and Jennifer Leigh Phillips of the home; four grandchildren: Amanda Philpot, Tiffany Wilkins, Nicole DeLeon, and Brandon Sookkasem; two great-grandchildren, Hannah Grace Wilkins and Sean DeLeon; one brother, William Leroy Brown, Jr. of Charlotte, NC; one sister, Linda Smith of Lumberton, NC; and her beloved dog, Tinkerbell.

A graveside service will be held on Friday, November 1, 2019, at 2:00 PM at Floyd Memory Gardens, 3720 Old Whiteville Road in Lumberton.

The family will receive friends at the graveside following the burial and other times at the home.