Memorial Service Oct. 27

Former Lexington Mayor Charles Phillips Jr., who passed away on Wednesday, will be honored October 27 with a memorial service.
The service will be held Saturday, Oct. 27, at 11 a.m. at the Lexington Presbyterian Church with a reception to follow in Dunlap Auditorium.
The 77-year-old Phillips died on Wednesday at Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital.
Phillips, an economics professor at Washington and Lee University for 44 years, served as the mayor of Lexington from 1971 to 1988.