Stephen Maurice Phillips

Stephen Maurice Phillips, a resident of Severn, MD, passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at his home. He was 21.  Stephen was born on August 14, 1993 in Fayetteville, NC, and was the son of Mary Tann and Warnell Phillips.

Ecclesiastes-3:1-15

1. There is a time for everthing, and a season for everything under heaven:

2.  a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3.  a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,

4.  a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5.  a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

6.  a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7.  a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8.  a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

9.  What does the worker gain from his toil?

10.  I have seen the burden God has laid on men.

11.  He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they can not fathom what God has done from the beginning to end.

12.  I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.

13. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil- that is the gift of God.

14.  I know that everything that God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

15.  What ever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

Along with his parents, Stephen is survived by his loving uncles; James Elliott of Faison, NC, Levon Tann of Cary, NC and Sheldon Perry of Belgrade, FL; aunts, Rina Tann of Morrisville, NC, Heather Benham of  Cary, NC and Minnie Elliott of Faison, NC; maternal grandmother, Mary Lee Tann of Faison, NC; paternal grandmother, Janice Perry of Belgrade, Fl; paternal grandfather, Warnell Phillips, Sr., of Belgrade, Fl; cousins, Rohit Tann, India Elliott, Jamie Elliott, Marcus Kornegay and a host of second cousins and loving friends.

The family will receive friends at the Donaldson Funeral Home & Crematory, P.A., 1411 Annapolis Road, Odenton, MD 21113 on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm, A Funeral Service will be held at 12:00 pm. Interment will be at a later date.