Long Time Trevecca Professor (Retired)Passes...

[Thomas Cook]

We have received word that Long time beloved TNU Professor Mrs.Adrirenne Phillips has passed away.She is also The mother of Mrs.Ellen Bustle,Wife of the World Mission Division Director Louie Bustle.Her husband,Dr.Koy W.Phillips also taught at TNU for many years.He passed away a few years ago.
I had Mrs.Phillips for a class on the first day of my college career.I can still remember how she prayed with such conviction for the incoming Freshmen that we would seek and find God's will.She was a great lady!
Tom

[Anne and Dwayne Hood]

She was indeed a great lady, and had a wonderful husband that Dwayne and I dearly loved. They had two precious daughters. Wasn't she living with Kathy? Dwayne was in school with Ellen and Louie, as you Tom, and Michael Ross were.
I always remembered the birthdays of their grandchildren when we would see Bro. Phillips, and that pleased him. He spent the night with us once.

[Ann Smith]

I went to Trevecca in 1957 for two quarters before I went in Nurses Training. Had Mrs Phillips for Journalism. I loved her. She was so spiritual and concerned about her students. That was the early days of the Bible Missionary Church and there was one member, who was a ministerial student, in my class. Mrs Phillips said she took off her wedding band in deferance to him, because he though christians shouldn't wear any rings. She told us all that if she took her children to the doctor or went anywhere else where she felt she needed to be identified as a married woman she would put it on. That really impressed that 17 year old girl and has stayed with me all of those years.
Ann

[Marsha Gupton]

Tom, thank you for posting this. I had Mrs. Phillips for Freshman English. My Mother had Mrs. Phillips for English!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Talk about tenure and longeivity. You are right in that she prayed with conviction over her students. She and Dr. Koy Phillips were members of Nashville First Church until Koy's death and until Mrs. Phillips moved to KC to live with Ellen. I don't know if Kathleen is still in the Nashville area or not. The last time I saw Kathleen I believe she told me that she was attending Christ Church.

God Bless the memory of Mrs. Phillips. In our youth I do not think we appreciate the prayers like we do as we grow older.

Marsha

[Thomas Cook]

Tom, thank you for posting this. I had Mrs. Phillips for Freshman English. My Mother had Mrs. Phillips for English!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Talk about tenure and longeivity. You are right in that she prayed with conviction over her students. She and Dr. Koy Phillips were members of Nashville First Church until Koy's death and until Mrs. Phillips moved to KC to live with Ellen. I don't know if Kathleen is still in the Nashville area or not. The last time I saw Kathleen I believe she told me that she was attending Christ Church.

God Bless the memory of Mrs. Phillips. In our youth I do not think we appreciate the prayers like we do as we grow older.

Marsha

Marsha,
I heard that Kathleen is still in Nashville but am not 100%.You are right on the Phillips and the prayers!God bless.
Tom

[Marsha Gupton]

Adrianne Phillips - visitation at First Church Heritage Chapel on Friday evening from 4:00 - 8:00 PM, visitation on Saturday from 9:00-11:00AM with the funeral beginning at 11:00.

First Church of the Nazarene
Nashville, TN

[Jim Severns]

Davidson County

July 17, 2007

Adrienne Evans Hollins PHILLIPS, Age 90, died peacefully on July 17, 2007 in Shawnee, KS. She was born July 18, 1916 in Christiansburg, VA and was the daughter of the late James Peter and Sara Alice Chaffin Hollins. Mrs. Phillips was a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Nashville, TN. She was Professor Emeritus at Trevecca Nazarene University, serving 35 years on the Faculty. She taught English and Foreign Languages, and had over 11,000 students in her classes. Mrs. Phillips was also preceded in death by her husband, Koy Wright Phillips. She is survived by daughters, Sara Ellen (Louie) Bustle of Shawnee, KS and Lyla Kathleen Phillips of Nashville, TN; grandchildren, Beth Ann (Rick) Guilfoil and John Phillip (Heather) Bustle; great-grandchildren, Amber Nicole and Ashley Dawn Guilfoil. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, July 21, 2007 at First Church of the Nazarene, 510 Woodland Street, Nashville, TN. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Koy Wright and Adrienne Hollins Phillips Educational Project at the Nazarene Seminary in Chiclayo, Peru. Contributions may be sent to Nazarene Headquarters, 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131. Visitation with the family will be at the church 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. until service time Saturday. Arrangements by BOND MEMORIAL CHAPEL, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN 615-773-2663; Obit Line, 615-641-2663.

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[Anne and Dwayne Hood]

Someone once told me that she was in KC with Kathleen, so I thought she must have left Trevecca. They must have gotten mixed up about which daughter she was with, or maybe she and Kathleen were visiting Ellen, and I did not realize what they meant.

[Jim Severns]

She has been living with Louie and Ellen for several years. This is a picture taken from a video Ellen made as a 50th birthday greeting for my wife Faye in 2003.