Obituary – Eva J. (Phillips) Basso – Sesser

SESSER – Eva J. (Phillips) Basso passed away peacefully Saturday, November 15, 2014.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home in Sesser. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Program or to the Sesser-Valier Lifeline FoodPantry.

Eva was born October 5, 1912, the daughter of John G. and Beulah (Hutson) Phillips.

She spent more than forty years working as a secretary for Slankard Publishing Company.

Survivors include, son Ditto and Marla Basso, grandchildren Amanda Basso and Chip and Erin Basso, and great-grandchildren Mitchell, Gracie, Reid, and Reagan.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Basso Junior; her parents; two brothers, Paul and John Junior Phillips; two sisters, Dolly Phillips and Madge Lovin.

She was a member of Horse Prairie Baptist Church in Sesser.

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