Alva Review-Courier -

Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 21, 2022, at 1 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel with Reverend John Clapp, Bible Baptist Church pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery at 3 p.m. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.

Eckley Henry Phillips was born on a farm near Guthrie, Oklahoma, April 29, 1933, to Martha (Beery) and Henry Phillips. Eckley passed away at the age of 88 on February 16, 2022, after a brief illness, surrounded in his final days by his loved ones.

Eckley helped with the family farm operations until the age of 1...