Emiko Yamada Nomura, age 91, of Bremen, passed away at Cullman Regional Medical Center on Saturday, May 23, 2026. A private family graveside service will be held at Sandlin Cemetery at a later date.
Cullman Heritage Funeral Home is honored to serve the family.
Mrs. Nomura was born on March 3, 1935, in Tokyo, Japan to Tokusaburo Yamada and Kane Tsuda Yamada.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Orman Phillips; husband, Harry Nomura; son, Don A. Phillips.
She is survived by son, George “Sandy” Phillips (Zelda); daughter, Connie Sue Phillips Day (Allen R.); grandchildren, Jon Phillips (Shannon), Emy Hogland, Angela Schaefers, Sandi O’Hair, and Joseph Kiyoshi Scott (Dae); eight great grandchildren; best friend of seventy years, Chiyako Starnes.
