Phillip T Beverly

The house was 943 Madison Avenue in Baltimore where the street car ran right passed the door. It was where PHILLIP THEODORE BEVERLY, the sixth son of the late S. Nathaniel Beverly and Esther Marie Truman Beverly, was born. It was late in the afternoon of March 9, 1943 around 5:00 p.m. Strange it was the day after the birthday of an older sibling Stanley. Phillip was eleventh in the chronological order of the seven sons and six daughters born to this union. His name meant a lover of horses. On some outstanding flashes in his young life. His father pushing a crib through the door so he would have a place to sleep while the family was downstairs during most of the day. His first birthday party in which his sibling Joseph brought him a stuffed rabbit for him to play with. The responsibility of rocking him to sleep at nap time by his sibling Octavia. Seeing his mother rub his gums with special baby medicine when he was teething to comfort him and his toothless little smile. He started his education at the Samuel Coleridge Taylor Elementary School on Preston Street where most of his siblings started their education. Later he attended Joseph C. Briscoe Middle School for boys, where he learned woodwork and a little carpentry, then he graduated to a school known as General Vocation. Oh, he was a sight to see dressed in his little navy blue suit, white shirt, and burgundy necktie, painted by his little playful grin as he walked down the aisle to get his diploma. Phillip was a little shorter than all his brothers but his heart was big. A few years later he struggled with both physical and mental problems and had to spend time in a state hospital. Around the end of 1970, things for him improved, and he was given a chance to live with his family again. We wish that you could have seen the gleeful look on his face and the cheer he made aloud when his two sisters, Esther and Octavia, came to get him so he could spend the holidays at home (Both parents now were gone). He returned home permanently in 1971, to live at home. Attending an outer patience clinic and employed as a material handler and a janitor in a sheltered workshop, he worked about eleven years. He received disability for several years as his health declined, limiting his walking ability (Most of his sibling kept contact with him). He spent his last few months confined at home because he had difficulty walking and getting about. However, when you asked him how was he feeling his response was “I feel alright” or “Everything is alright”. In February, the earlier part of this year, he was admitted to the FutureCare Nursing Home Charles Village, as a full-time resident. His health was failing very fast but he still felt encouraged, letting his remaining siblings know he loved them very, very much. “On October 2, a sunny like spring time day, our brother Phillip went away. Now there’s nothing more for us to say, our memories of him are swelling. Goodnight dear brother, goodnight.” His memory will be listed with his other ten siblings Frank, Babygirl Beverly, Joseph, Richard, Mildred, Nathaniel, Esther, Stanley, Patricia and Dorothy. The surviving two siblings are Octavia and Calvin Michael. There are seven nephews, four nieces, and a host of great-nieces and -nephews. Order of Service

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Phillip T Beverly

March 9, 1943 - October 2, 2019