Philip N. (Phil) Tilden Sr.

Philip N. (Phil) Tilden Sr., 93, of Kerrville, died Monday, Nov. 24, 2014.

Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 28, at 6 p.m., at Grimes Funeral Chapels in Kerrville with Dr. Melburn Hardin officiating.

Private burial was held at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.

Tilden, a retired lieutenant colonel chaplain with the U.S. Army, was born Aug. 28, 1921, in Assam, India, the son of missionary parents. His wife, Doris, preceded him in death. They had been married 46 years.

He was a graduate of Stanford University, Radio and Television Institute and Rio Hondo Police Academy. He was a licensed marriage and family child therapist.

Tilden was a pastor of churches in California and Texas and was the founding pastor of the Sunrise Baptist Church in Kerrville where he was pastor for seven years.

His latest pastorate was the First Christian Church in Fredericksburg.

He served on active duty in the U.S. Army as chaplain and was a chaplain at the Kerrville Veterans Administration Hospital for 16 years.

Tilden also worked for Heart of the Hills Hospice, owned and operated a counseling office in Kerrville, and was counselor for the 3 H Boys Ranch for two years.

He is survived by five children, including Philip Tilden Jr. and his wife, Lori; Daniel Tilden, Robert Young, Francy Neal and Juanita Alfaro; 16 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Commission to Every Nation or First Christian Church of Fredericksburg.