Mary attended public school and graduated from Barringer High School in Newark, NJ thereafter relocated to Virginia Beach, VA where she attended nursing school and graduated. She then moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL where she continued her nursing career for over 35 years. She was well loved by her family and all those she came in contact with.
Mary was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses on July 9, 2016. She loved attending the meetings and her ministry. Also, she enjoyed reading, shopping, fishing, playing pool and looking after her dog Biggie, cat Fat Kat and her fish Ren and Stimpy.
She was preceded in death by her dad: Hodge Black and her husband Scott Phillips Jr.
She leaves behind her mother Annie Black. Caring siblings Claudie Wilkins wife (Lois), Doris Lee, Glenda Johnson husband (James), Jerome Black, Rosalind Black, Tarrence Black wife (Susan), Lurlean Black, Arlene Leonard husband (James), Stepchildren Monica McClease, Scott Phillips Jr., Laquetta Phillips and grandson Dominick Miller and a host of nieces nephews, cousins and spiritual brothers and sisters.
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