May 11, 1976 - March 23, 2023
On a beautiful spring day, Tuesday, May 11, 1976 in Wadley Hospital Texarkana, TX, Donald and Rebecca Nixon welcomed the birth of their first child, Phillip Jerome Nixon, the name given to him by his late Aunt Hattie Mae Butler Ford. Before the family moved to the city of Prescott, Phillip lived on the Butler farm in the Sweet Home community in rural Nevada County, AR. He enjoyed fishing, taking walks to.pick gallon buckets of black berries, plums and muscadines and his brother, DC and cousins, Lil Henry and Chan. Then off to grandma Dail's house they would go to ask her to make some delicious cobblers and fried fish for supper. Phillip was very shy and always soft spoken and respectful, but he had a good sense of humor and quiet laughter.
At an early age, Phillip united with the Sweet Home Baptist Church and was baptized by the Late Rev. J.P. Story. He attended school in Prescott, AR. Then he met and fell in love with Shemonia Mansfield. Together, they had a beautiful daughter and named her Brittany "Precious";
At 8:00 p.m. on Thursday night, March 23, 2023, Phillip ended his battle, and transitioned from his earthly life to his eternal home at St. Michael's Hospital in Texarkana, TX. He was greeted by his father: Donald 'Nick' Nixon; maternal grandparents, Richard Love & Dail Brown; paternal grandparents, Leon & Hazel Nixon, brothers: Kirt Wainright, Donald S. Nixon, and Patrick 0. Nixon; Aunts: Arlinda Gulley, Mary Riley, Wilma McNeil, Sarah Johnson, Lyncola Nixon, Hattie Ford, Cee Lee Butler and Manor Lee Butler; Uncles: Thomas Nixon, James Nixon, Albert Butler, and Henry Butler, Sr.
Although Phillip has released his spirit back to God, he leaves precious memories to be cherished by his daughter: Brittany Nicole Nixon; his grandson: Zavontae Fulton; Mother: Rebecca Butler Nixon; Brother Don "DC" Cornelius & Alisha Nixon; His sisters and brothers-in-law: Trina & Tony Gantt, NLR, AR; Nicole & Charles Simon, Prescott, AR.; Aunts and Uncles: Lucy Nixon, Vallejo, CA, Brenda & Dwight Sloan and Iris Carter of San Diego, CA, Norma Nixon, El Centro, CA, Leon & Corrita, Fayetteville, GA, John C; Nixon, Prescott, AR, Richard & Lottie Butler, Kansas City, MO, Minnie Butler and Shelia Butler, Prescott, AR; Nieces & Nephews: Donoven, Donte, Tamia, Sanaya, Jordan, and Landon Nixon; Amanda and Troy Lee, Apithannie Simon, Tristan and Quentin O'Guinn, his step mother and step-siblings: Willie Mae Nixon, James Vanhook Jr., Natasha Amerison, and Shawn Vanhook, and a host of cousins and friends.
Wake for Big Phil will be Friday March 31, 2023 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Brazzel- Cornish Funeral Home in Prescott. Graveside services will be held Saturday April 1, 2023 at 11:00 AM at the Sweet Home Cemetery in Prescott. Services are under the direction of the Brazzel- Cornish Funeral Home Eddie Brazzel Director.