Mrs. Shirley CaSandra Leonard Phillips was born October 1, 1950 in Forsyth County, NC to Jesse Leonard and Gwendolyn Leonard, both now deceased.

She attended Thomas Elementary in Midway, NC and graduated from Dunbar High School. Afterwards she began a successful career in banking that spanned many years. She held positions with Lexington State Bank and Wachovia Bank. She later pursued her passion for baking That was her gift and she passed it down to other family members. You could tell her baked goods by the taste alone. Shirley loved beautiful flowers and especially enjoyed watching and feeding her beautiful humming birds that visited her front porch every year. She even named a couple of them.

Shirley was preceded in death by her daughter, Ashley Phillips; sister, Debbie Leonard; nephew, Marque Kearn; and great-niece, Jazmyne Leonard.

She is survived by husband, Paul Phillips; step-grandchildren; sister, Lorraine Tuttle of Clemmons, NC; brothers, Claude (Cladyes) Leonard of Wadesboro, NC and Barry (Sheila) Leon-ard of Kings Mountain, NC; brother-in-law, Bobby McClain of Winston-Salem, NC; nieces, LaTasha (Lee) Tuttle; Lisa Leonard of Winston-Salem, NC, Lakeshia (Jeff) Childress, Keandra (Curtis) Smith; nephews, Corey (LaWanda) Tuttle, Prince (Shanita) Tuttle of Winston-Salem, NC, Richard (Kim) Leonard of Mocksville, NC, Brandon Leonard, Preston (Corinthia) Leonard, Keith Jordan, Jr., Eddie Quintanilla of San Antonio, TX; aunts, Cody Phillips, Mary Joyner, Emily (Coleman) Rader; uncles, Jerry Mitchell, Ray Mitchell, and Chris Kimbrough.

Public viewing will be from 12:00 PM until 6:00 PM, Saturday, December 7, 2024 at Clark S. Brown & Sons Funeral Home. Funeral service 1:30 PM, Sunday, December 8, 2024 in the chapel of Clark S. Brown & Sons Chapel. The family will greet friends thirty-minutes prior to service. Interment in Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina.

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