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- Newspaper Obituary - (Source Unknown) - Phillip V. Billings , 73, formerly of Mannsville, died Thursday morning at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, John and Julie Billings , 8661 County Route 97, where he had resided and was under the care of Hospice of Jefferson County. Mr. Billings was a carpenter for various construction projects throughout Central New York and also was self-employed. Previously, he worked at Seal-Right, Fulton, and at the Bird's Eye plant at Red Creek. He was a member and past master of Rising Light Masonic Lodge 637, Belleville. Born Nov. 4, 1926, in Fulton, son of Edward and Bessie York Billings , he attended school in Fulton. He served in the Navy during World War II and participated in the Normandy invasion. He married Dorothy M. Cook on Jan. 26, 1946, at Lysander. They lived in Mannsville until moving in the late 1970s to Zephyrhills, Fla., where Mr. Billings was active in flea markets. They returned to the Mannsville area in 1996. Mrs. Billings died Oct. 11, 1998, after which Mr. Billings went to live with his son and daughter-in-law. Surviving besides his son and daughter-in-law are two other sons and their wives, Phillip E. and Barbara, Fulton, and Robert and Debbie, Rodman; three daughters, Linda Ellis Bailey and Rae Tennant, both of Mannsville, and Tamar Wood Rude, Zephyrhills; a sister, Mrs. Harry (Jane) Savage, Oswego ; 17 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Two brothers, Lester and Erel, and a sister, Annie Corey, died before him. A memorial service conducted by members of Rising Light Lodge will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Carpenter- Stoodley Funeral Home, Belleville. Burial will be at the family's convenience.
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