Phillip (Phil) Burns son of the late Floyd & Dorothy (Webster) Burns was born on October 26, 1949 and departed this life on September 15, 2026. At the time of his passing, Phil was seventy-six years, 10 months and 20 days of age.

Phil was preceded in passing by his parents; brothers; Eugene (Bud) Burns; Charles Raymond Burns; sister Shirley (Burns) Welsh; Great grandson; Dawson Davis, and two great grand angels.

He is survived by his wife Vicky (North) Burns of Camdenton, Mo; 1 brother; Floyd Jr. Burns & wife Margaret of Camdenton, Mo; 2 children, Brent (Mike) Burns & wife Constance of Camdenton, Mo; Carrie Davis & husband Paul of Camdenton, Mo. 8 Grandchildren; Cayla and husband Chris Cuthrell of Camdenton Mo; Colten Boots & wife Kelsey of Camdenton Mo; Silas Burns & wife T.J of Lincoln, Mo.; Phillip (Elijah) Burns of Fairbanks, AK; Lyndsay & husband Quincy Evans of Lebanon, Mo.; Cory Davis & wife Zoe of Lebanon, Mo.; Jorden Davis of Camdenton. Johnny Davis of Reeds Spring, Mo.; 17 great grandchildren; Bentley Davis, Brantly Cuthrell, Nevaeh Davis; Delta Davis; Xander Davis; Roman Davis; Brooks Davis; Theo Davis; Adaline Burns; Ella Cuthrell; Harper Cuthrell; Lola Cuthrell; River Evans; Noah Evans; Jonah Boots; Rip Davis; Jetson Davis; & one on the way (Mylee).

In his passing, Phil leaves behind many friends and family who will all truly miss him.

Phil was born in Camden County near Ha Ha Tonka, Mo. During his life his family lived in Kalamazoo, MI. & Belton, MO. and eventually settled back in Camden, Co. Mo. Phil worked a total of 40 years for Dawsons, Sundstrand and Modine. In his years at Modine he made many lifelong friends which he still stayed in touch with, every year in September they had a Modine reunion, unfortunately this year he was in the hospital when the reunion occurred on Sep 12, 2026. He always looked forward to the reunion every year to visit with his “Modine Family,”

At 17 years of age, at Webster Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Jesus saved his soul. This was within approximately a hundred yards from his Earthly birthplace.

On April 25, 1970, at Webster Grove Missionary Baptist Church, in Camdenton, Mo. Phil was united in marriage to Vicky North, together they shared 56 years of marriage.

Around 1984, God called Phil to preach the gospel. On December 6, 1987, Phil was ordained as a minister at Ira Church in Eldridge, Mo. He spent 39 years pastoring many churches, spreading God's word and preaching the gospel. Phil thoroughly enjoyed sharing his love for the Lord through preaching, testifying, or singing Everyone Will Be Happy Over There. He loved nothing more than to be at church serving God and seeing lost souls get saved.

In Phil’s spare time you could find Phil in the shop tinkering around with outboard boat motors, especially adjusting the carburetors, collecting case knives, out in a boat fishing on the Big Niangua River, or spending quality time with his family which he loved so dearly. To Phil the word family spread far and wide from his relatives to church and work family. His favorite things on the river were watching the kids catching perch off the deck to bait juglines and pulling the kids all over the river on a innertube behind the speedboat. He was an avid deer hunter, and he loved that first Saturday of gun season, getting together with Vicky's Stew and telling all the deer hunting stories with family and friends.

To know Phil was to love him. He will be deeply missed on this Earth, but oh the reunion that is happening in Heaven right now is so joyous and as much as we would love him here with us, we wouldn’t bring him back for anything because we know a heavenly home is where he has always looked forward to.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 21, 2026 at Decaturville Missionary Baptist Church, with the burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 2:00- 5:00 p.m., Sunday, September 20, 2026 at Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home.

Memorial donations may be made to Pleasant Hill Cemetery in care of the funeral home at 15 Clint Ave, Camdenton, Missouri 65020.

Arrangements are under the direction of Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home.