Phil Freeman’s organizational skills and attention to details are qualities he brings to both his business and the community. He is well known in Jefferson City as being very community oriented. Phil’s civic involvement actually started in 1974 when he became the second generation in Freeman Mortuary.
Phil graduated in 1971 from Jefferson City High School. He graduated with honors from Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science in 1974 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Columbia College in 1975.
Phil has served as past president of the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce, the United Way, the YMCA, and the Capital Region Medical Center Foundation. He spent nine years on the Jefferson City Board of Education including two terms as president.
He has been co-chairman of the Rape and Abuse Crisis Service building drive, fund drives for the new locker room and field renovations at Adkins Stadium for the Jefferson City High School and chairman of the final phase for the fund drive for the Miller Performing Arts Center. He is currently serving as chairman of the Old Town Redevelopment Board.
He worked to pass the One-Half Cent Sales Tax in 1987, 2001, and 2006. He was, also, co-chairman of the school tax levy that passed in April 2002, which helped raise salaries for teachers.
Phil is a past member of the Jefferson City West Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow through Rotary International.
He received the Jaycees Distinguished Service Award in 1981. In 2002, he was the recipient of the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce Meritorious Civic Service Award.
Phil is a licensed funeral director and embalmer in the state of Missouri and is a member of both the National Funeral Directors Assn. and the Missouri Funeral Directors Assn.