Phillip Patton Ervin, 50, passed away on June 24, 2012 at Baptist Hospital in Collierville, TN. He was a corporate accountant for International Paper and a member of Bellevue Baptist Church. Mr. Ervin was a graduate of East Mississippi Jr. College, where he was on a baseball scholarship and he attended Mississippi State University and an honors graduate from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN. He was a loving person who loved his family. He was very passionate about music and collected guitars.

He is survived by his daughter, Jaime Nichole Maskill (Michael) of Fairhope, AL; fiancé Denise Walls of Germantown, TN; grandchildren, Peyton and Parker Reese Maskill, both of Fairhope, AL; mother, Minnie Lee Ervin of Sturgis, MS; sister, Barbara Jackman (Norris) of Chelsea, AL; brothers, Thomas H. Ervin, III of Sturgis, MS and Don Ervin (DiAnn) of Midland, TX; and four nephews.

Visitation for Mr. Ervin is scheduled for Tuesday, June 26, 2012 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Welch Funeral Home in Starkville, MS. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Sturgis Baptist Church in Sturgis, MS. Rev. Russell Mord will conduct the service. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.

Memorial donations can be made to Sturgis Baptist Church.