DELMAR - Phyllis Helen Brewington died Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, after complications from surgery. Born in Seaford, she was a daughter of the late Emerson and Elizabeth Higgins.
She graduated from Seaford High School and worked for Higgin's Milk, her father's business, when she was in high school. She enjoyed acting and attended drama school for four years. While her children were young, she enjoyed being a stay at home mother. She loved taking care of others and her children's friends were always welcome in her home. She was employed at DuPont Co. in Seaford and in her later career she enjoyed taking care of the mentally and physically handicapped as a home health nurse for the state of Maryland.
She is survived by a brother, retired Salisbury Fire Chief William "Pinky" Higgins; sons, Jack Jester and LeRoy Brewington; daughters, LuCinda Anderson and Twyla Marshall V; son, LeRoy Brewington, his wife Ann, and their children Maria and her husband Derrick, LeRoy, Heather, Brock, Steven and Katie; and a daughter, Twyla Marshall; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a niece and two nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Beth Jester; her companion of many years, Thomas Mack Jones of Berlin; and her sister, Ruth Wilber.
A visitation was held on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. at The Uprising Church in Hebron. Arrangements are in the care of Short Funeral Home in Delmar.