Irene Mae Phillips died Thursday, August 19, 2015 Amarillo, Texas, Graveside services will be held at10 a.m. Monday, August 24 at 10 a.m. Memory Gardens Cemetery with Reverend Ricky Pfeil officiating. Arrangements by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E Interstate 40. Irene was born on January 4, 1925 in Fargo, Oklahoma to Jesse and Nellie Bennett. She had great memories of her childhood and enjoyed telling stories from that time. In her eighties she wrote her memoirs for her family. Her stories will be missed and her memories will be cherished. She is survived by a daughter Deanna Farnsworth of Amarillo, 2 sisters, Kathryn Jester of Denton, Texas and Betty Sumrall of Astoria, Oregon, 5 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.