MS ARKANSAS SENIOR AMERICA 2013,
KATY PHILLIPS

CONGRATULATIONS to KATY PHILLIPS, Ms Arkansas Senior America 2013! As Katy tells it:

I am Gwin Kay Phillips, but have always been known by my family and friends as "Katy." I was born in Wichita, Kansas but have called Arkansas home for over the last 52 years.

I have three wonderful children, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. I’m a member of the First Baptist Church and am very active in teaching bible classes for the young kids. I spend my Wednesdays at the church helping to take care of a group of 3 year olds.

Before retiring in 2006 at the age of 62, I worked 16 ½ years for Campbell Soup and then over 25 ½ years for Gates Rubber Company where I’m still a member of the Gates Rubber Company’s "Golden Bracelet Club."

I enjoy participating at the Senior Centers in Farmington, Prairie Grove, and Lincoln, Arkansas. I sing with a band known as the "Miss Fits" at the Senior Center dances, and am known to get on the dance floor and "cut-a-rug" too. My senior friends and I go out almost every Friday night to karaoke. My experience of running for Ms Senior Arkansas allowed me to belong to a unique group called the Cameo Club. Being a member of the Cameo Club has given me the opportunity to go and perform at some really wonderful places while promoting the Ms Senior Pageant.

I love being active and my greatest joys is being surrounded by my family, church and senior friends. When people ask me about retirement, I tell them that I treat retirement just like I did my job and I go every single day.