JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WHAS11) – The members of a Jeffersonville community are gathering together on Friday, six days after their neighborhood was rocked by tragedy, to mourn the loss of a man loved by many.
William “Billy” Phillips, 50, died in the explosion that happened in Jeffersonville’s Capitol Hills neighborhood—in the 900 block of Assembly Road on May 19. His wife Janet, who was also injured, is recovering at the hospital.
Phillips is scheduled to be buried at Jeffersonville's Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 11 a.m. on Friday.
Neighbors remembered William Phillips as a kind person. One neighbor said he would mow neighbors’ lawns. A neighbor also said his wife likes to cook.
"He'd bring over a pie, a Boston Cream Pie for my son and say here, and I'd say, what's that for, and he'd say, she just made it," Willam Short, a neighbor, said.
The neighborhood remains sectioned off as clean up continues. Officials said they are trying to make sure the area is safe.
The explosion is still under investigation.
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