August 19, 1957 - November 18, 2020
The funeral services honoring and celebrating the life of Captain Phillip "Phil" Carey Elliott, 63, of Enid will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. The Celebration will be held at Emmanuel Enid with Pastors Wade Burleson and Dan Heath officiating. Masks will be required at the service. The United States Air Force Military rites will follow in the Woodring Regional Airport. The service will be live streamed on the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Facebook Page.
Phil was born on August 19, 1957 in Hampton, Virginia to Ira "Bill" and Louise Sprenger Elliott and received new wings on November 18, 2020 with his family by his side. Phil was raised and educated in Little Rock, Arkansas. After graduating from Little Rock Central High School in 1975, he entered the military service at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He graduated as a member of the class of 1979 with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. On June 16, 1979, Phil married the love of his life and best friend, Susan Paden Elliott. As his first military assignment, Phil attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma. He was awarded an Assignment to the Fairchild Republic A-10, "Thunderbolt II" (Warthog). Phil earned his wings upon graduation as a fighter-qualified, top graduate. Following graduation from pilot training at Vance, Phil traveled to Holloman Air force Base for Lead-in Fighter Training and graduated as "Top Gun". He then moved to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona learning to fly the single-seat A-10 attack aircraft. At the completion of this training, he was assigned to the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing "Flying Tigers" at England Air Force Base in Alexandria, Louisiana. After this assignment, Phil returned to Vance as an instructor Pilot and made Enid his home to raise his family.
After completing his full time service commitment to the Air Force, Phil began his 34 year career with Delta Air Lines. He began his Delta career on the Boeing 727 as a flight engineer, flying as Captain on the MD-88/90, Boeing 737, 757/767 with his final assignment as Captain on the Boeing 777, Delta's flagship international aircraft.
In 2006, Phil's love for aviation began a new chapter with the purchase of a Beechcraft A-36 Bonanza, N711HR. Phil and Susan along with the entire family enjoyed many hours of travel and adventure in their own personal airplane. Phil (Mr. Positive) loved athletics and coaching his children, Amber and Kurt and their teammates in their various activities. Phil was an avid bike rider. Attending family activities and flying were his passion. "Pops" especially enjoyed spending time with his granddaughters, Allie and Abby, attending their many activities.
Phil is survived by his wife of 41 years, Susan, children, Amber Schrantz (Doug) of Edmond, OK and Kurt Elliott (Megan Traynor) of Oklahoma City, sister, Margaret Rector (James) of Tullahoma, Tennessee, brother, Chris Elliott (JoAnna) of Terre Haute, Indiana, granddaughters, Allie and Abby Schrantz of Edmond, OK, mother-in-law, Mary Jo Paden of Little Rock, Arkansas, brother-in-law, Scott Paden (Lisa) of Little Rock, Arkansas, aunt, Margarete Wildi (John) of Whitewater, WI, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Phil was preceded in death by his father, Ira "Bill" Elliott, mother, Louise Sprenger Elliott, and father-in-law, Henry Paden.
Memorial donations may be made in Phil’s honor to the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER) - Sarcoma Division with Brown-Cummings Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences may be made to the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com. As one of Oklahomaʼs oldest single family owned and operated providers of funerals and cremations, Brown-Cummings is the name families have turned to for generations. They fully understand the honor and responsibility entrusted to them to preserve the story of oneʼs life. Visit 400 W. Maple, Enid, OK 73701. Call: (580) 237-5432.
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