SNYDER DAILY NEWS http://www.snyderdailynews.com/2004february17/obit.htm Robert Phillips 1918-2004 ABILENE -- Robert Mark Phillips, a former Snyder resident, died Monday, Feb. 16, in a Fort Worth medical center. Service for Mr. Phillips, 86, is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Bervin Casswell will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Born Feb. 13, 1918 in Andrews, he graduated from Abilene High School in 1936. He continued his education at McMurry College and the University of Texas and married Roberta Ely in 1939. Mr. Phillips was a pilot during World War II. He moved from Snyder to Lubbock in 1958 and then to Fort Worth in 2003. His wife, Roberta Ely; two brothers, Samuel and J.W. Phillips; and a sister, Louise Neumann; preceded him in death. Survivors include two sons, Robert Mark Phillips Jr. of Albuquerque and William Mark Phillips of Boston; a brother, Morris “Buster” Phillips; two sisters, Mable Phillips and Margaret Bounds; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.