Freddie Wayne Phifer, Jr. was born June 13, 1959 in Rockwall, Texas to parents Freddie Wayne Phifer Sr. and Mary Marie Sikes Phifer. He was a retired millwright. He had been a Freestone County resident since 2008. He loved hunting and spending time with his grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Laphoon Phifer; his mother, Marie Ince and two sons, Chris and Greg Phillips.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife Diane Latham; two sons, Scott Phillips and wife Renee of Weatherford, TX; Jonathan Phifer and wife Caroline of Fairfield; a sister, Debra Carlson of Fairfield; a brother, Michael Phifer of Quitman, TX; his father, Freddie W. Phifer, Sr. and wife Linda of Quitman, TX; fourteen grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; two nieces and one nephew.