Miriam Virginia Phillips

Miriam Virginia Phillips

Female 1925 - 2005  (79 years)

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  • Name Miriam Virginia Phillips 
    Birth 23 Dec 1925  Ashe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 12 Dec 2005  Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Mountlawn Memorial Park,North Wilkesboro,Wilkes Co.,NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I1788  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2013 

    Father George W. Phillips,   b. 0___ 1891, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Josephine Dillard,   b. 0___ 1898, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Y  [3
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1940  North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F11232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kiffin Anderson Hennessee,   b. 20 May 1925, Yancey County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 2003, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 1945  Spartanburg, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Keith Corwyn Hennessee
     2. Philip Howard Hennessee
    Family ID F676  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Dec 1925 - Ashe County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1945 - Spartanburg, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Dec 2005 - Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Mountlawn Memorial Park,North Wilkesboro,Wilkes Co.,NC Link to Google Earth
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    Miriam Virginia Phillips Hennessee (1925-2005)
    Miriam Virginia Phillips Hennessee (1925-2005)
    Miriam worked for several years in the Bank of North Wilkesboro, as a teller, where she was known and trusted by the entire Wilkes Community. Her family entrusted the bookkeeping for its real property to her for her whole adult life. But her real passion was homemaking, in the grand style of Southern women for many generations past, and her table was always overflowing with fresh baked biscuits, pies and cakes complementing big plates of fried chicken and garden vegetables. For more than fifty years, her husband, her children, and her grandchildren, and many of their friends, rushed to sit at her table and praise her cooking, to her great delight and joy.


  • Notes 
    • WILKESBORO -

      Miriam Phillips Hennessee, beloved wife of the late Kiffin Hennessee, passed away early on Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, at Dogwood Forest Assisted Living facility in Atlanta, Ga. She had fallen into a sharp decline over the past three months as a result of Alzheimer's disease. She died as she lay sleeping, in her own bed, without pain and without suffering. Miriam grew up in Ashe and Wilkes counties, the daughter of G.W. Phillips and Josephine Dillard Phillips.

      She attended Lenoir-Rhyne College. Miriam married Kiffin Hennessee of Burnsville on April 30, 1945. The two lived for a time in Burnsville, and later in Asheville and Morganton, before they settled permanently in Wilkesboro, where they resided for over forty years together. Miriam will be much missed by her sisters, Margaret Jenkins and Joan Watson of West Jefferson; and her brothers, Howard Phillips and Bruce Phillips of North Wilkesboro; and their wives, husbands and many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Miriam worked for several years in the Bank of North Wilkesboro as a teller, where she was known and trusted by the entire Wilkes community.

      Her family entrusted the bookkeeping for its real property to her for her whole adult life. But her real passion was homemaking, in the grand style of Southern women for many generations past, and her table was always overflowing with fresh baked biscuits, pies and cakes complementing big plates of fried chicken and garden vegetables. For more than fifty years, her husband, her children, her grandchildren and many of their friends rushed to sit at her table and praise her cooking, to her great delight and joy.

      Her family knows and trusts that she is with our Lord God, and that if there is any need to feed multitudes, or to preparest a table in the presence of enemies, that the Lord will call on her. Miriam leaves behind her two sons, Keith and his wife Hella of Houston, Texas, and Philip and his wife Ellen of Atlanta; six grandchildren, Karl Hennessee of Toulouse, France, Christiane Hennessee of Honolulu, Hawaii, Katie Hennessee of Vienna, Austria, Alison Hennessee, a sophomore at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Ian Hennessee of Atlanta and Zachary Hennessee of Atlanta; and a great-grandson, Nicky Hennessee of Toulouse, France. All of the grandchildren inherited an abundance of good looks, intelligence, talent and charm from their much-loved grandmother.

      There will be a viewing at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in North Wilkesboro from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 19. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, at First Baptist Church of North Wilkesboro, followed by a brief burial service at Mountlawn Memorial Park. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First Baptist Church of North Wilkesboro, where she and Kiffin were members from 1958 until their deaths.

      Published in Winston-Salem Journal on December 18, 2005
    • Miriam Phillips Hennessee, beloved wife of the late Kiffin Hennessee, passed away early on December 12th at the Dogwood Forest Assisted Living facility in Atlanta, Georgia. She had fallen into a sharp decline over the past three months as a result of Alzeimer's disease. She died as she lay sleeping, in her own bed, without pain and without suffering.

      Funeral Services will be at the First Baptist Church of North Wilkesboro at followed by a brief burial service at Mountlawn Memorial Park.

      Miriam leaves behind her two sons, Keith of Houston, Texas, with his wife Hella; and Philip of Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Ellen; six grandchildren, Karl Hennessee of Toulouse, France; Christiane Hennessee of Honolulu, Hawaii; Katie Hennessee of Vienna, Austria; Alison Hennessee, a sophomore at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta; Ian Hennessee of Atlanta; and Zachary Hennessee of Atlanta; and one great grandson, Nicky Hennessee in Toulouse, France. All of the grandchildren inherited an abundance of good looks, intelligence, talent and charm from their much loved grandmother.

      Miriam grew up in Ashe and Wilkes Counties, the daughter of G.W. Phillips and Josephine Dillard Phillips. She attended Lenoir Rhyne College. Miriam married Kiffin Hennessee of Burnsville on April 30, 1945. The two lived for a time in Burnsville, and later in Asheville and Morganton, before they settled permanently in Wilkesboro, where they resided for over forty years together.

      Miriam will be much missed by her sisters, Margaret Jenkins and Joan Watson of West Jefferson, and her brothers, Howard Phillips and Bruce Phillips of North Wilkesboro, and their wives, husbands and many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

      Miriam worked for several years in the Bank of North Wilkesboro, as a teller, where she was known and trusted by the entire Wilkes Community. Her family entrusted the bookkeeping for its real property to her for her whole adult life. But her real passion was homemaking, in the grand style of Southern women for many generations past, and her table was always overflowing with fresh baked biscuits, pies and cakes complementing big plates of fried chicken and garden vegetables. For more than fifty years, her husband, her children, and her grandchildren, and many of their friends, rushed to sit at her table and praise her cooking, to her great delight and joy.

      Her family knows and trusts that she is with our Lord God, and that if there is any need to feed multitudes, or to preparest a table in the presence of enemies, that the Lord will call on her. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S461] U.S. Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S48582] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hennessee&GSfn=miriam&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid.

    3. [S1327] Keith Corwyn Hennessee | 19 Oct 1991 | Family Group Records & Personal Research | keith.hennessee@nov.com.

    4. [S48583] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW7J-9PF.