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Phillip Wayne Dean
May 21, 1969 - February 15, 1999
Phillip Wayne Dean, 30, a Fire Engineer in the Fort Worth Fire Department, gave his life in the line of duty while fighting a church fire in Lake Worth, Northwest of Fort Worth, on Monday, February 15, 1999.
Phillip Wayne Snell, II, was born in Fort Worth, son of Phillip and Genie Snell. His father passed away in 1973 at the age of 28. His mother was later married to Charles Dean who lovingly raised Phillip and his sisters as his own children.
Phillip graduated from Castleberry High School, where he first met his future wife Renea. They were married in 1994. Phillip graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a degree in Criminal Justice. His love for his work began in 1986 when he first volunteered for the River Oaks Fire Department. He graduated from the Fort Worth Fire Academy in May of 1994. He had just received a promotion to Fire Engineer.
Phillip was a member of Trinity Baptist Church where he taught a Sunday School class of ninth grade boys and enjoyed singing and playing the guitar. He also enjoyed playing roller hockey during his time off. Phillip was greatly loved by all who knew him and was known as a man of integrity, loyalty, and compassion.
His greatest desire would have been to see those who grieve over him come to know his Savior, Jesus Christ - of His death in our place to pay the debt of our sin, of His glorious resurrection through which we have hope, and of the love that Phillip now enjoys with his heavenly Father.
On February 20th, 1999, Renea Dean gave birth to their son, Elijah Dean. |
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