Attorney Morris Phillips funeral set for Tuesday

MORRIS BERNARD PHILLIPS, an attorney who also served as a judge,  passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018. He was 89. 

A New Orleans native, Morris graduated with a degree in Business Administration and a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University. After passing the bar in 1951, he began a law practice that lasted for 65 years. before retiring in 2016.  He was chosen for Who’s Who in American Law in 1980 and served as Judge Ad Hoc for the First City Court of the City of New Orleans.

Morris was a president and member of the Touro Synagogue Brotherhood, a vice-president and member of Touro Synagogue, and a president and member of the Hebrew Rest Cemetery board.

He is preceded in death by his first wife of 27 years, Shirley Feldstein Phillips. He is survived by his second wife of 32 years, Anne Ellender Phillips, his daughter Sydnee Phillips Kiebert (Martin), his son M.H. Phillips, his sister Patricia Phillips Weiss and a granddaughter.

Relatives and friends attended the funeral service on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at Touro Synagogue, 4238 St. Charles Avenue, at 12:00 noon. Rabbi Todd Silverman officiated.  

Interment followed immediately at Hebrew Rest Cemetery # 3, 4100 Frenchman Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Donations may be made to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, or to the charity of your choice. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home of Metairie was in charge of arrangements.