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Sheldon Maurice Phillips Dies at 31

Sheldon Maurice Phillips Sheldon Maurice Phillips of Estate Adventure Hill died on July 7. He was 31 years old.
He was preceded in death by his uncles: Leonard and Hanschell Swanston, Vernon Phillips and Ronald Sackey.
He is survived by his mother, Helen Sackey-Phillips; father: Vincent M. Phillips ("Mr. Courtesy"); grandmother, Nelarine Sackey; godparents: Raphaela Albany, Laverne Hodge, Elroy Hector, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baker; sisters: Sonia Menzies and Reevah Phillips; adopted brother, Melvin Hodge; brother-in-law, Carl Menzies; son, Ke’Sean A. Phillips; adopted daughter, Zhara Jameson; niece, Kimoya S. Owens; aunts: Yvonne Sackey-Payne, Evelyn Swanson, Marvelle Duporte, Amorelle Swanston, Bernadine Morgan, Nathalie Swanston, Idona Byron, Carmen Bastian, Patricia Dublin, Rosy Sackey, Alma P. Christensen, Julia Swanston, Benita John, and Marva and Moureen Pickering; uncles: Uhral, Bernard, Elroy, Elton ("Ras Abudah") and Glenroy Swanston, and Clairmont, Glen and Raymond Sackey; special friends: Isabel Urgent, Kevin Troutman, Vladimir Williams, Jason Perpie, Jamal "Bam Bam" Williams, Tremaine Seales, James Omari Applewhaite and Rashidi Clenance; as well as cousins, other relatives, extended families and friends too numerous to mention.
The family requests that joyful colors be worn but, please, no red.
There will be a viewing at 9:30 a.m. and a funeral service at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 22, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Frederiksted Cemetery.
Professional Funeral Services is entrusted to James Memorial Funeral Home Inc.
Located at 6 AA La Grande Princesse, Telephone: 718-8663/Fax: 718-8661

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