{"id":43999,"date":"2018-07-13T14:11:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T20:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=43999"},"modified":"2018-07-20T16:41:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T22:41:52","slug":"attorney-morris-phillips-funeral-set-for-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/attorney-morris-phillips-funeral-set-for-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney Morris Phillips funeral set for Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MORRIS BERNARD PHILLIPS, an attorney&nbsp;who also served as a judge,&nbsp; passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018. He was 89.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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.&nbsp; He was chosen for Who\u2019s Who in American Law in 1980 and served as Judge Ad Hoc for the First City Court of the City of New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interment followed immediately at Hebrew Rest Cemetery # 3, 4100 Frenchman Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Donations may be made to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, or to the charity of your choice. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tharpsontheimerfh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;Metairie was in charge of arrangements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Attorney%20Morris%20Phillips%20funeral%20set%20for%20Tuesday\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[8790,8795,9486,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43999"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44064,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43999\/revisions\/44064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}