Ms. Celeste Roshell Phillips

Memorial service will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 12, 2022 at Ridgewood Missionary Baptist Church, 5326 Ridgeway Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29203 with Reverend Fred W. Coit, Pastor, officiating. Please click the link below to view services for Ms. Celeste Phillips: https://www.facebook.com/A-A-Dicks-Funeral-Home-Sullivan-Chapel-115729839828313/ Ms. Celeste Roshell Harris Phillips was born on July 1, 1960, in Columbia, South Carolina. She was the youngest daughter of Willie Robert and Bessie Bethel Harris. She won her battle to cancer, entering into eternal rest on Friday, March 4, 2022 at NHC on Parklane. Celeste was educated in the public school system of Richland County, South Carolina, and graduated from Eau Claire High School, class of 1978. She continued her studies at Lander College in Greenville, South Carolina receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1984. With her lifelong love of learning, she furthered her pursuits at The University of Phoenix, receiving a Master of Arts in Adult Education and Training in 2013. She was also a Certified Grant Writer. Ms. Phillips was baptized at an early age along with her sister, at Ridgewood Missionary Baptist Church, in Columbia, South Carolina by the late Reverend Levi C. Chavous. She briefly attended Rice Chapel Outreach Ministries until she later returned to RMBC in the early 2000s. She particularly enjoyed attending Wednesday night Bible Study. She instilled in her daughters her love for the beach, lifelong learning, public service, and seafood. Celeste worked for several years at the University of South Carolina’s Institute of Public Service and Policy Research and owned her own business, 3R’s Publishing Company. Through her passion for community service, she served in various capacities at the Eau Claire Community Council, Ridgewood Barony Neighborhood Association, SC Uplift Community Organization, and the Ridgewood Foundation Board of Directors. She was a proud member of Ridgewood Missionary Baptist Church and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Celeste was preceded in death by her sister, Kathy Adams; and granddaughter, Amelia Blakeney. She leaves to cherish loving memory: her parents, Willie and Bessie Bethel Harris, of Columbia, SC; three daughters, Kristen LaRosa Phillips, of Columbia, SC, Raechel Lynnette Blakeney of Columbia, SC; Ricki (Brooks) Heard of Houston, TX; her grandchildren, Kaylen, Te’Yonna, Terrell II, Brooklyn, and Brooks Jr.; nieces, her special cousin, DJuana; other cousins, aunts, uncles, and beloved relatives and friends. Please leave the Phillips/Blakeney family your condolences and prayers. The Phillips/Blakeney family acknowledges with grateful appreciation, all of your kind expressions of love and sympathy. Like our Facebook page: A. A. Dicks Funeral Home - Sullivan Chapel Add our Facebook Friend Page and leave a comment: A. A. Dicks FH

Ms. Celeste Roshell Phillips

July 1, 1960 - March 4, 2022