May 15, 2001 – May 20, 2020
Powers Funeral Home
2021
Jaden Corwin-Ray Phillips was born on 15 May 2001 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA a child of Ronald Shayne Phillips and Sabria Dawn Cox Phillips.
2019
Jaden Corwin-Ray Phillips graduated in 2019 in Lugoff, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA from Lugoff-Elgin High School.
2020
He died on 20 May 2020 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA at Prisma Health Richland. His cause of death was fatally injured while boating on the Congaree River.
Obituary of Jaden Phillips
ELGIN – A service to celebrate the life of Jaden Corwin-Ray Phillips, 19, will be held on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Blythewood Presbyterian Church, 441 Rimer Pond Road, Blythewood. A viewing will be held on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. prior to the service at the church. The family invites you to come as you are. Memorials may be made to the Jaden Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund for Lugoff-Elgin High School (checks made to Jaden Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o Dan Golovan 2465 SOM Center Rd, Hunting Valley, Ohio 44022) or Prisma Health Midlands Foundation – Trauma Fund.
Jaden passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at Prisma Health Richland. Born in Columbia, he was the son of Ronald Shayne and Sabria Dawn Phillips. He was a 2019 graduate of Lugoff-Elgin High where he played football and was a member of the BETA Club. He was a student at Anderson University where he was majoring in mechanical engineering. Jaden was an avid duck hunter and fisher and loved being outdoors.
Surviving are his parents, Shayne and Sabria Phillips of Elgin; sister, Jorden Faith Phillips of Elgin; paternal grandparents, Ronnie and Linda Phillips; maternal grandparents, Leary and Belinda Cox; maternal great-grandmother, Pat W. Cox; 3 aunts; 2 uncles; and numerous cousins and extended family.
Jaden is deeply loved and will be greatly missed!
Visitation
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Blythewood Presbyterian Church
441 Rimer Pond Road
Blythewood, South Carolina, United States
Funeral Service
1:00 pm
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Blythewood Presbyterian Church
441 Rimer Pond Road
Blythewood, South Carolina, United States
May 15, 2001 – May 20, 2020
2025
On February 20, 2025, Jaden Phillips was mentioned in the newspaper article “She lost her son after a boating accident. The police response made her want to change SC law.”