Dr. Ran Phillips Jr.

A service celebrating the new life of Dr. Ran Phillips, Jr., 81, of Monroe, will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, September 27, 2014, at Grace Episcopal Church with the Reverend Richard Norman officiating. Interment will follow at Riverview Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.Dr. Phillips died Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at his residence. He was born January 11, 1933, and was raised in Sterlington, LA. He graduated from Neville High School in 1950 and received his Bachelor Degree from Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA, in 1954. He attended Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC, where he earned his M.D. in 1958. Dr. Phillips served his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, TX. Dr. Phillips was a U.S. Army Veteran and attended The U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Brooke Air Force Base, TX; U.S. Army School of Aviation Medicine at Fort Rucker, AL; U.S. Army Infantry Center Airborne School at Fort Benning, GA; and U.S. Army Infantry Center Ranger School at Fort Benning, GA. Dr. Phillips served as a Regular Army Medical Officer for twelve years. In those 12 years he served in Alaska as Battalion Surgeon of the Nike Hercules Missile Battalion and Command Flight Surgeon for U.S. Army Alaska. He was the Chief of the Internal Medicine Department and the Chief of Out-Patient Medical Department of the U.S. Army Hospital at Fort Rucker, AL. He also served as the Consultant in Internal Medicine and Cardiology for the U.S. Army School of Aviation medicine and was the Director of medical Clinics at the U.S. Army Basic Training Center, both at Fort Rucker, AL. At Fort Campbell and in the Republic of Vietnam, he continued on as Division Surgeon of the 101st Airborne Division and as the Commander 326th Medical Battalion. Dr. Phillips was also the Chief of Internal Medicine, Deputy Commander, and Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army Hospital in Fort Carson, CO. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Brigadier General.Dr. Phillips served as a Reserve Army Medical Officer the remainder of 32 years. He was the Commander of the 114th Evacuation Hospital in Shreveport, LA, and Fort Sam Houston, TX. He was also the Deputy Commander of the 807th Medical Brigade and Commanding General of the 807th Medical Brigade in Seagoville, TX. Among his numerous military awards and decorations, Dr. Phillips was honored with the U.S. Army Senior Flight Surgeon Wings, U.S. Army Ranger Tab, U.S. Army Airborne Wings, Legion of Merit, two Meritorious Service Medals, two U.S. Army Bronze Stars and the U.S. Army Commendation Medal.Dr. Phillips practiced Internal Medicine and Cardiology in Monroe, LA, from 1969 until 2003. He was a partner with Internal Medicine Associates in Monroe, LA, from 1970 until 1980. In 1975 he joined St. Francis Medical Center and was Medical Director of the Intensive Coronary Care Unit from 1975 until 1985. At St. Francis Medical Center he was also the Chief of the Department of Medicine, the Medical Director of the Department of Electrocardiography and was an active staff member from 1970 until 2003. He was the CEO of Ran L. Phillips, M.D. AMC from 1995 until 2003.Among his professional activities, he was also the President of the Ouachita Parish Medical Society from 1981-1982. He served on the Risk Management Committee of the Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company from 1992 to 2003.He joined Grace Episcopal Church in 1952. Dr. Phillips served as Licensed Lay Reader, Licensed Eucharistic Minister, Vestry, Treasurer, President of Grace Episcopal School Board, Delegate to Formation, Planning and 1st General Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana, as well as Delegate on numerous Conventions of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana.Dr. Phillips was preceded in death by his son, John McCarthy Phillips; mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Phillip; and sister, Teresa Phillips.Survivors include his wife Janice Phillips; niece, Kathleen Balden; nephew, Mack McCarthy and wife Margot; special friend, Bert Durrett; and godchildren, William Drago Durrett, Mary Katheryn Durrett, and Victoria Grace Durrett.Pallbearers will be Dr. David Hebert, Dr. Ralph King, Tommy Sparks, The Honorable John R. Harrison, Dr. Scott Zentner, Wyche Ashcraft, Bill Harrison, and Eugene Montgomery.Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Friday, September 26, 2014, in Kilbourne Hall at Grace Episcopal Church.Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.comMulhearn Funeral HomeSterlington RoadMonroe, LA