Dorothy Phillips

Dorothy Phillips, 80, of the Crystal community passed away 12:25 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Funeral services were to be conducted 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Nathaniel Horton was to officiate. Burial was to follow in Fremont Cemetery near Union City.
Visitation was to be held at the funeral home from noon until the hour of services today.
Pallbearers were to be Reuben Morphis, Curtis Merritt, Mark Merritt, Shane Jones, Tom Phillips, Jonathan Seaman, Donald Seaman Jr. and Ian Ferguson.
Dorothy was born April 13, 1941, in Peoria, Ill., daughter of the late Harold Wayne Seaman and Blanche Marie (Bayler) Seaman Little. She married Ray Phillips Dec. 21, 1975. He survives. Dorothy had been employed as a cook at the former Little Dixie and Dixie Barn in Union City. She was a member of Woodland Mills Baptist Church.
She is also survived by one son, Darrell Seaman of Washington, Ill.; two daughters, Rhonda Merritt (Mark) and Kelly Jones (Shane), all of Union City; one sister, Virginia Leach of Delavan, Ill.; five grandchildren, Curtis Merritt of Martin, Dakota Merritt of Woodland Mills, Reuben Morphis of Union City, Hannah Peterson of Chillicothe, Ill., and Jonathan Seaman (Isabella) of Mapleton, Ill.; and three great-grandchildren, Austin Youngblood of Woodland Mills and Torin Seaman and Finn Seaman, both of Mapleton.
She was also preceded in death by her son, Dale Seaman on Jan. 16, 2022; and one brother, Donald Seaman Sr.
To leave messages of condolence for the family, visit the funeral home website at www.emfuneralhome.com.

Published 3.31.22