Charles A. Phillips, Jr.

Charles Allan Phillips, Jr., age 63 of Woodbine, Maryland passed away on September 6, 2024 after a courageous battle with cancer. 

Born September 25, 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland, he lived a life filled with tremendous passion and service to others. He married his wife, Kimberly Ann (Hoffman) Phillips, in 1983.

Chuck attended CCBC and the University of Maryland where he studied business and engineering while also working full time. Most of his career was at KCI Technologies, Inc. a multi-disciplinary engineering firm, where he retired as Executive Vice President and Site/Facilities Market Manager after nearly 40 years. The community was very important to him and therefore served on many boards throughout Howard County and Baltimore; to include Howard County Chamber of Commerce, Howard County Economic Development Authority, Howard County Public Schools, Howard County Community College, University of Maryland, National Aquarium, and Project PLASE, an advocacy group that serves the homeless population in Baltimore. In his free time, Chuck enjoyed time with his family, being part of the praise band at his church, buying, selling and driving cars, saltwater fish, playing music with friends, golfing and traveling.

Chuck was predeceased by his father, Charles A. Phillips Sr., survived by his mother Ruth Joyce Phillips-Kane, sister Diana Devlin, and brother James Phillips. He is also survived by his two children Ashley Kinniry and husband Jimmy, and Casey Phillips and wife Niki. He was lovingly known as Diddy to his five grandchildren, twins Tess & Kenley, Claude, Charli and Scotti.

Visitation will be held at Harry H. Witzke’s Family Funeral Home, 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21043 (410) 465-2848 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm & 7:00pm – 9:00pm on Wednesday, September 18th. A Celebration of Life will be held at Mosaic Christian Church on Thursday, September 19th at 1:00pm. Please park at Mosaic’s lot located at Exit 7 off MD-100, Dorsey Station Drive, Elkridge, MD 21075.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to your choice of the following organizations:

-    National Aquarium – https://aqua.org/support/donate   

-    Project PLASE – Donate - Project PLASE

-    Gilchrist Hospice Care - Help Others Live Every Moment (gilchristcares.org)

For directions to the church and parking, please follow the directions on the Church's website: Mosaic Christian Church (Take Exit 7 off Route 100 to the MTA parking lot).

Interment is private.