Obituary of Phillip Jerome Gore

Funeral services for Phillip Jerome Gore, age 86, of Wadley, AL, will be held on Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 3:00 PM at Wadley First Baptist Church with Bro. Paul Wilson and Bro. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Forrester’s Chapel Cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

The family will receive friends at Wadley First Baptist Church from 2:00-3:00 PM on Sunday, August 21, 2022. 

Mr. Gore passed away on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at his home.

Survivors include: wife, Carrie Edna Gore; one daughter, Allison Hedges (Rex) of Indianapolis, IN; two sons, Joel Bowden (Carla) of Sylacauga, Jonathon Bowden (Amy) of Saraland; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Brenda Gail Hamby of Tennessee.

Pallbearers will be Mike Huntley, Jerry Hall, Donald Oaks, Elliott Cotney, Dale Knight, and Andrew Zarah.

A native of Lagrange, GA, Mr. Gore was born on June 28, 1936, the son Fred Adamson and Mary Jo Drummon Gore. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Wadley and was retired from the United States Navy where he served in the Vietnam conflict. Mr. Gore was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Martha Elizabeth Browder.