Walter B. Phillips, 100, died January 30, 2019. Walter was born June 16, 1919, in Hopkins County, Kentucky. He was a farmer all of his life except for a stint in the U.S. Army. He was a member of Brier Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) and was grandfather to the former Cumberland Presbyterian minister Michael Chesnut. Walter was buried in Brier Creek Cemetery with military honors at graveside.

Walter Phillips’ daughter, Judy, married the Rev. Walter Chesnut’s son. Walter Chesnut had a daughter named Judy. So, Judy Phillips has a sister-in-law named Judy and both her father and father-in-law were named Walter.