ELIZABETH W. HONEYCUTT


GREENVILLE, NC - Mrs. Elizabeth Wells Masten Phillips Honeycutt, 87, passed away Friday, December 17, 2010. A memorial service will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Brown Chapel at Cypress Glen.

Mrs. Honeycutt, daughter of the late Percy Edward and Louise Wrenn, was a  longtime resident of Greenville and attended the local schools.  She was an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.  She enjoyed summers at Atlantic Beach where she was a member of the Coral Bay Club and attended St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Morehead City.   A member of the Lector Book Club, she had a zest for life and especially enjoyed playing bridge and poker with her friends.  For the past five years she resided at Cypress Glen.   

She was preceded in death by husbands, Ray Masten, Ken Phillips and Roy Honeycutt, Jr.

Surviving, daughters, Joyce M. Davenport and husband, Jimmy, of Louisburg, Lee M. Vann and husband, Tom, of Washington and Lynn M. Forbes and husband, Glenn, of Greenville; stepchildren, Rhett Honeycutt and wife, Joanne, and Roy Honeycutt and wife, Blake, all of Greenville, Kirk Phillips and wife, Kathy, of Durham and Janie Phillips of Raleigh; grandchildren, Rob Davenport, Mary Seegert and husband, Dave, Philip W. Vann, Rebecca F. Martel and husband, Greg, and David Forbes; and 6 step-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends in the Four Seasons room following the service.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 401 E. 4th St., Greenville, NC  27858 or St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 2005 Arendell St., Morehead City, NC 28557.

 Online condolences at www.wilkersonfuneralhome.com.

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