Mr. Phillips, a current resident of East Ridge, was born in Dalton, GA on July 20, 1935.

He was preceded in death by his parents Gordon Alison and Charlotte Underwood Phillips and brother David Phillips.

Gordon packed a lot of living into his 86 years. Gordon graduated from Dalton High School in 1953 where he played center for the Dalton Catamounts. He attended West Georgia College and Auburn University. He was in the US Army Reserve from 1958 to 1964. He had a long engineering career. He worked for Barwick Mills in LaFayette, GA where he designed and supervised the building of the Kensington carpet Mill. He worked for Sullivan and Holburt in the designing of interstate 1-24 through Chattanooga around Moccasin Bend. He worked for Bouquard Engineering designing sewers. For the past 35 years he worked for the City of Chattanooga department of public works, where he was engineering project coordinator in the Department of Public Works at the development resource center.

He was a member of the Chattanooga Engineers Club, a past member of the Moccasin Bend Flying Club, and a 50 plus year member of the Masonic Lodge. He attended Brainerd United Methodist Church. He and his wife loved to travel across the US, Mexico and Canada.

He married his high school sweetheart Betty Gene Kenemer. Through their life's many ups and downs, they have remained married for the last 67 years. The two built a house on white oak mountain in Ringgold, GA and remodeled houses in LaFayette, Chattanooga and East Ridge. After 10 years of marriage, they had their only son, Gordon Eric Phillips of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. They have one granddaughter Victoria Dell of Knoxville. Gordon has one surviving brother, Jerry Phillips of Kennesaw, GA.

A Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. in the chapel of Hamilton Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 and Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. prior to the service in the chapel.

Interment will be at West Hill Cemetery in Dalton, Georgia.

Arrangements are by Hamilton Funeral Home & Cremation Services; 4506 Hixson Pike; 42-531-3975.