Dr. Jack Phillips, who had a Mt. Lebanon dental practice for 50 years, died Wednesday. He was 98.

"Not only this 50 years, he was a dentist all through his life before retiring 20 years ago, no matter whether he was in the Mt. Lebanon suburb or in the war fields," said his son, Larry E. Phillips, of O'Hara.

Dr. Phillips lived most of his life in Mt. Lebanon, except for the four years he served in the Navy during World War II.

He practiced out of an office in the family's Washington Road home that was established by his father, Dr. Nathan F. Phillips, a physician, when the elder doctor moved to Mt. Lebanon from McKeesport in 1898. The dentist's brother, Edward, also practiced as a physician in the same office.

Dr. Phillips received his doctor of dentistry degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dentistry.

He joined the Navy in December 1942, serving in the Medical Corps at Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y.; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and in Hawaii before returning and resuming his dental practice.

Dr. Phillips was an avid golfer and until 1991 played golf three times a week at the South Hills Country Club, his son said.

He was living at Friendship Village health center in Upper St. Clair at the time of his death.

Besides his son, Dr. Phillips is survived by two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

No visitation will be held and interment will be private. He will be buried tomorrow in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.