Bonita Marie (Guy) Phillips

Our beloved mom and grandma, Bonita Marie Guy Phillips, 84, of Beech Creek, went

home to the Lord on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. She was born to Thelma Lee Hicks Guy

and Ray Odell Guy on September 2, 1940. She lived most of her life in Beech Creek.

Bonita belonged to Beech Creek Regular Baptist Church, where she joyfully attended

as a lifelong member with her husband, Earl. She was surrounded by dear and long-

lasting friendships throughout her life. Bonita was also a motivated and hardworking

person, tending the family farm from childhood and later carrying the mail, caring for

children at a daycare, and providing in-home cleaning services, among other pursuits.

She loved animals, gardening and canning, tending to her home, and caring for her

family. She enjoyed remembering loved ones who had gone on before her, especially in

stories that made her laugh. She liked April Fool’s Day and black coffee made in her

own coffee pot by her son, Danny. Bonita sought to be happy through times of grief, of

which, in her life between two great floods, she knew many. She found her strength in

the Lord.

Bonita was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, Earl Phillips; her

parents, Ray and Thelma Lee Guy; six brothers, Eddie Joe, Junior Ray, Ralph, Robert,

Lon, and Terry; and one sister, Shelby Jean Guy Jones.

She is survived by two children, Danny Phillips and wife Laurie and Josh Phillips and

wife Amanda, all of Sugar Grove; four grandchildren, Benjamin Phillips and wife

Whitney of Old Beech Mountain, Anna Phillips of Winston-Salem, Olivia Phillips of

Bloomington, IN, and Austin Phillips and wife Chloe of Sugar Grove; special nephews

Anthony Jones and wife Barbara of Sugar Grove and Shane Jones and wife Kristy of

Butler, TN; sister-in-laws, Betty Phillips Bentley and husband Sam, and Kate Phillips Cogan, 

all of Boone; many other cherished nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

A visitation and service honoring Bonita’s life will be held at Austin and Barnes Funeral

Home on Thursday, April 10. The family will receive friends starting at 1 pm and the

service will begin at 2 pm. Preacher Jeff Greene will lead the service.

The family would like to thank special caregiver Kathy Phillips, and all of Bonita’s friends

and neighbors who have helped with her care throughout the years, for loving her so

well.

Online condolences may be shared with the Phillips family at www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com

Austin and Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Phillips family.

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