Vera Mae Phillips

b. 18 March 1901, d. 17 December 1979
  • Vera Mae Phillips was born on 18 March 1901 in Texas.
  • John Thomas Phillips and Mary Jackson Barrett appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Hill County, Texas. Other members of the household included Vera Mae Phillips, Edgar Barrett Phillips, Fred Elisha Phillips and Sarah (?)
  • John Thomas Phillips and Mary Jackson Barrett appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Dallas, Texas, at 916 Montreal Street. Other members of the household included Vera Mae Phillips, Edgar Barrett Phillips and Fred Elisha Phillips.
  • She was employed as wrapper by a mercantile company, according to the 1920 census.
  • Fred Elisha Phillips appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Dallas, Texas. Other members of the household included Vera Mae Phillips, Mary Jackson Barrett. Also in the household were two boarders.
  • Mary Jackson Barrett appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Dallas, Texas, at 1015 North Madison. Other members of the household included Vera Mae Phillips, Fred Elisha Phillips. Also in the household was boarder Otis B. Foster, age 31.
  • She was employed as a bookkeeper by a cleaning plant, according to the 1940 census.
  • She officially witnessed the death of Mary Jackson Barrett on 29 May 1956 at 402 South Brighton in Dallas, Texas; at her residence.
  • She officially witnessed the death of Fred Elisha Phillips on 10 May 1972 at 402 South Brighton in Dallas, Texas; at his residence.
  • Vera Mae Phillips died on 17 December 1979 at age 78 in Dallas, Texas, at 402 South Brighton at her residence . Informant was Violet Garrish.
  • She was interred at Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 19 December 1979 in The Dallas Morning News: [Died] Vera Mae Phillips, 402 S. Brighton. Survived by friends, Violet Garrish, Eunice Garrish and Pauline Phillips, all of Dallas. Services Wednesday 11:30 a.m. Dudley M Hughes Jefferson Chapel, Rev. Alton Vaughan officiating. Interment Laurel Land.
  • Last Edited: 8 Sep 2014