DEXTER, Mo. — Phillip Lloyd Short, son of the late Odes Short and Mildred Luermann Short, was born April 23, 1932, in Success, Arkansas, and departed this life Feb. 11, 2022, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, Arkansas, at the age of 89 years.
Mr. Short was a Veteran of the United States Army, serving in the Korean War. He was a former teacher and retired from Neelyville Schools where he taught geography and social studies and he was a former farmer. He was an active member of the First General Baptist Church in Corning, Arkansas, and a resident of Neelyville, Missouri.
On Oct. 19, 1958, in Essex, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Opal Coffey. Mrs. Short survives of their home in Neelyville.
In addition to his wife, Opal; he is survived by his daughter, Renee Ritter and husband, Steve, of Williford, Arkansas; his brother, Kenneth Short and wife, Dottie, of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Shirley Schif of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, and Wanda Wyatt and husband, Wendell, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; his sister-in-law, Jean Isbell and husband, Bob, of Dexter, Missouri; his brother-in-law, Lewis “Bud” Coffey of Dexter, Missouri; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Brad Short; his brother, Wayne Short, and his brother-in-law, Charles Schif.
Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, with Rev. Richard Robinson (Phillip’s cousin) officiating. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N Michigan Ave, Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.