Dr. A.L. Lonnie Phillips

Graveside services for Dr. A.L. “Lonnie” Phillips, 96, Lawrence, will be later at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Va.Dr. Phillips died Friday, April 28, 2006, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community.He was born May 3, 1909, in Richmond, the son of Fleming E. and Sallie T. Thompson Phillips.He graduated from the University of Richmond with a degree in chemistry and the Medical College of Virginia in June 1936 with a degree in dentistry.Dr. Phillips practiced dentistry in Colonial Beach, Va., Alexandria, Va., Clifton Forge, Va., and Waynesboro, Va., from 1936 until he retired in 1955. He lived in Lawrence from 1996 to 2006.He married Mary Gascoyne Howell on May 15, 1935, in Richmond. She died Jan. 13, 2005.Survivors include two daughters, Mary Phillips Grimm, Waynesboro, and Sallie Phillips Lipscomb, Lawrence; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Assn., sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.