Mrs. Pauline Keener Phillips, age 75, of Resaca, Georgia, entered into rest Sunday morning, June 4, 2023 at her home. She was born April 6, 1948 in Ellijay, Georgia a daughter of the late Paul and Jewell Keener. She was also preceded in death by her husband Billy Joe Phillips, sons Terry Phillips, Michael Phillips, brother Dewey Keener, sister JoAnn Bryson, niece Renee Gossett, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Bill and Delcie Phillips, brother-in-law Harold Phillips, sister-in-law, Helen Clayton.

She is survived by her special daughter, Carlene Shane and Johnny Welch of Calhoun, GA; grandchildren, Rendy Ellis and Nicholas Hobbs of Resaca, GA, Morgan and Justin Grissom of Georgetown, TN, Michael Phillips and Shelby Mitchell of Fairmount, GA; great grandchildren, Hayden Ellis, Brenton Hobbs, Mykelti Hobbs, Bentlei Grissom, Alexander Grissom, Jerry Lane Welch; sisters-in-law, Susie Newton, Rosemary and Jerry Queen of Chatsworth, GA.

Service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Pauline Keener Phillips will be held 4:00 p.m. Wednesday June 7, 2023 at the Ponders Melrose Chapel with Brother Denny Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Ponders Whitfield Memorial Gardens with Nicholas Hobbs, Johnny Welch, Justin Grissom, Eric Massey, Buck Bryson and Rex Ladd serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Wednesday.

Arrangements by Ponders Melrose Chapel, 138 Melrose Drive, Dalton, Georgia, 30721, 706.226.4002www.selectedindependentfuneralhomes.org and www.ogr.org