Joan Phillips-Cecil, 85, of Memphis, Missouri, died May 14, 2013, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. She was born on March 5, 1928, in Arbela, Missouri, to Marvin Irvin and Delcie Mae Phinney Fulk. She was a 1945 graduate of Granger High School after which she attained a teaching certificate and briefly taught at a country school. Joan also worked as a waitress and was a dispatcher for the Clark County Sheriff Department. In 1988, she attained a degree in interior design through a correspondence program. She married Paul Stewart Phillips on December 14, 1947 at Memphis, Missouri and to this union five children were born. Joan and Paul lived on a farm in Arbela for many years where Joan enjoyed fishing, gardening and cooking. Paul passed away July 6, 1983. She married Marvin Cecil on June 30, 2001, at Donnellson, Iowa. He passed away June 13, 2002. Throughout her life, Joan loved to play cards, go dancing, and bake cakes and pies for friends and family. Joan was well known for selling cosmetics and enjoyed meeting new people. Joan was a member of the Presbyterian Church, the Jauflione Chapter of Daughters of American Revolution and Red Hats. She is survived by her five children: Beverly Ann Yow and her husband, Clive, of Phoenix, Arizona; Robert Steven Phillips and his wife, Sara Jo, of Memphis; Susan Diane Miller and her husband, Glen, of Memphis; James Leslie Phillips of Memphis and Mary Elizabeth Schnelle of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Also surviving are nineteen grandchildren: Bobbi, Sandra, Cindy, Tara, Kimberly, Shawn, Brandi, Patrick, Pamela, Jennifer, Andrew, Michelle, Rob, Becky, Katie, Melissa, Paul, Ashley and Ryan; one step- grandson, Clifford; thirty-six great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren and a sister-in-law, Twila Fulk, of Memphis and a brother-in-law, Junior Phillips of Memphis. She was preceded in death by both her husbands, two sisters: Loretta Fulk and Avanel Malone and two brothers: Wayne Fulk and Wilbur Fulk. Visitation will open at Memphis Funeral Home after 4 P.M. on Sunday, May 19th with the family present to greet relatives and friends from 6 until 8 P.M.