Jul-28-2018
Husband: Howard Phillips
Born: Sep-30-1905 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2 Died: Mar-19-1962 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1940 in Hollidays Cove, Hancock Co, WV (see note 1) Resided: 1935 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: steel mill worker 4,3 Occupation: 1936 driver for West Union Feed & Supply Co. 5 Father: Jesse Lasure Phillips (1859 - 1934) Mother: Marcilla Ann Sullivan (1866 - 1937)
Wife: Mabel Coweta Currey Married: Jun-30-1931 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Born: May-24-1907 in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV 1,7,8,6 Died: May- -1975 7,8 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Resided: 1962 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1940 at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 11 (see note 2) Census: 1910 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Stephen Lafayette Currey (1871 - 1946) Mother: Alice Inez "Allie" Stout (1869 - 1956)
M Child 1: Erner Dale Phillips Census name: Eliner D. Phillips Born: May- 6-1931 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 1,12 Died: Dec-30-1964 near Lake City, Columbia Co, FL 13,14,15,16,7 Buried: in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, VA 9 Cause of death: automobile accident 12,15 Resided: 1955 in Portsmouth, VA 17 Census: 1940 at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 11 Military: Hospitalman 2, US Navy, Co E, 1st Med Bn, 1st Marine Div, Korea 18 (see note 3) Wife: Margie Ruth Chambers b. Feb-12-1933 d. Dec-20-2008 Married: Feb- 3-1955 in Portsmouth, VA 17
M Child 2: Living Wife: Joyce Ann Greer b. Mar-29-1942 d. Aug- 1-2013
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (4) 1940 Census, Hancock County, WV. (5) West Union Herald, 2/20/1936. (6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (7) Social Security Death Index. (8) Headstone (year only) (9) Findagrave.com. (10) Death record of husband. (11) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (12) Immediate family. (13) Military Grave Marker. (14) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) Newspaper article, Tampa (Fla.) Tribune, 1/1/1965. (16) Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records. (17) Virginia Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com. (18) U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Identified as Howard Phillips, 34, single, laborer in steel mill, one year high school, residence in Apr 1935 Center Point WVa. Also in the household were two co-workers. Note (2) Along with her two children, in household of her parents. Marital status illegible. Note (3) A Navy Corpsman/Hospitalman, Erner Dale Phillips volunteered for duty with the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. Attached to the 1st Marine Division, he took part in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, in which Chinese forces lured 30,000 UN troops into a trap and encircled them with 120,000 troops. The 17-day battle was fought in frigid conditions from 27 November to 13 December 1950. Wounded in action, Erner Phillips was awarded two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star.Name Index