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highside
02-26-2010, 11:08 AM
When we lose someone we love it seems that time stands still. What moves through us is a silence... a quiet sadness... A longing for one more day... one more word... one more touch... We may not understand why you left this earth so soon, or why you left before we were ready to say good-bye, but little by little, we begin to remember not just that you died, but that you lived. And that your life gave us memories too beautiful to forget. We will see you again some day, in a heavenly place where there is no parting. A place where there are no words that mean good-bye.


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On April 23, 2004 we lost a dear friend, Malcolm Phillips as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Virginia Highlands. Survivors include mother, Sue Phillips of Ball Ground, father, Cecil Phillips of Cumming; sister and brother-in-law, Valerie and Ray Jones of Myrtle beach, SC; aunts and uncles, Mr. & Mrs Alton Blackston of Burler, Mr. & Mrs. John Waroff of Walnut, Calif.; cousin, Christie Blackston, Seattle, Wash.; several other aunts, uncles and other relatives also survive. Memorial services were held on Monday, April 26, 2004 at 11 a.m. at Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Coffman officiating. Malcolm's cremated remains were laid to rest in a crypt at Sawnee View Gardens in Cumming. GSB and the Phillips family held a charity ride where funds were raised to place a memorial tree, bench and plaque in John Howell Park in Virginia Highlands (corner of Virginia and Barnett St.) - on the same street where the accident occurred. On April 24th, 2005 the memorial was unveiled in a simple gathering of his friends and family.

highside
02-26-2010, 11:29 AM
Special thanks to Sue Phillips/Malcolms' mom (Riget) who has graciously shared these treasured mementos of Malcolm with GSB.

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highside
02-26-2010, 11:34 AM
Intimate thoughts shared by Malcolm's mom, Sue Phillips (Riget):


HIS NAME WAS 'MALCOLM'

PLEASE Please don't ask me if I'm over it yet I will never be over it. Please don't tell me he's in a better place. He isn't here with me. Please don't say 'At least he didn't suffer'; I haven't come to terms with why he had to die at all. Please don't tell me you know how we feel if you have never lost a child. Please don't ask me if I feel better. Bereavement isn't a condition that clears up. Please don't tell me 'At least you had him for 31 years.' What year would you choose for your child to die? Please don't tell me 'God never gives us more than we can bear.' Please just say you are sorry. Please just say you remember Malcolm. He was a person. Please just let me talk about my child. It is all I have left. Please mention my baby boy's name. He was important. Please just let me cry, he was my baby boy and I will always love and miss him.