A black marble tablet is fixed in the concrete plinth at the head of the grave for Morris, and Laurel Phillips, who was 100 years old when she died.
Her section of the inscription reads:
LAUREL E. PHILLIPS
Died 20 Jul. 2017 - Aged 100 Years
'They will be done.'
While Laurel's husband was born just before 'The Great War', Laurel wouldn't have personally remembered any of it. But she would have seen great changes in the world in the decades of her life.
An obituary in the Blue Mountains Gazette has the following text:
"Long-term Blackheath resident Laurel Phillips died on July 20, just a month after her 100th birthday.
"Mrs Phillips was a tireless member and supporter of many of the town’s societies, including the Country Women’s Association (CWA) and the Rhododendron Festival Committee, of which she was a founding member.
"She lived in Blackheath for more than 80 years after coming to the town as a young woman to work as a maid for the Phillips family in the Glenella guesthouse.
"She eventually married Morris Phillips, the youngest son, and spent decades working in and later running Glenella.
"Laurel Evelyn Peime was born in Bathurst on June 26, 1917. She moved to Portland where she worked in a guesthouse and then, in 1938, to Blackheath.
"She was a life member of the Blackheath CWA, spent 50 years on the management committee of the community centre and also had long associations with the Horticultural Society, the Campbell Rhododendron Gardens and Red Cross."
Laurel Phillips, retrieved 11/8/2019.
Address: Blackheath Cemetery, Great Western Highway, Blackheath, 2785 NSW, Australia
Visited: 0957, Thursday, 23 May, 2019