Kathleen Douglass Phillips Redding Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Kathleen Douglass Phillips Redding (Henderson, North Carolina), born in Chesterfield, South Carolina, who passed away on August 29, 2025 at the age of 86. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Grace Ellis Douglass and Leland Stanford Douglass; her sister Mary Bishop; her brother-in-law O. R. Bishop; and her brother Stan Douglass.
She is survived by: her husband Tom (Tom) of Oxford, NC.; her son Steve (Beth) of Myrtle Beach, SC; her grandchildren, Steele, Park and Cannon; her daughter Leslie James (Tommy) of Henderson, NC; her granddaughters, Kathleen and Jeanie; her stepdaughter Chrystal Redding of Raleigh, NC; her stepgrandchildren, Chad, Ellington and Tyee; her stepchildren, Sita Redding and Lance Redding; and her sister-in-law Margaret Douglass of Jacksonville, FL..
The family requests those who wish to express sympathy to consider making a donation to the UNC-CH North Carolina Scholastic Media Association (NCSMA) at https://ncsma.unc.edu in remembrance of Kay.
