Individual Details
Melville Landon Phillips
(23 Apr 1900 - 15 Dec 1987)
BURIAL: Washington Park North Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana.
EDUCATION: Marion High School, Marion, Indiana, diploma May 1917.
OCCUPATION: Taught grade school 9/17 to 4/18; farming with father until 10/21;
Instructor in accounting at Marion Business College 6/22; Marion National Bank, teller 8/23; Marion Business College 2/24; accountant, Ernst & Ernst, Indianapolis 12/27; Banner Furniture Co., Muncie, office manager 5/28; Teacher, Central Business College, Indianapolis 3/29; Sales Engineer for George Hosmer 5/45; Central Business College 1949; Partlow Realty agent Nov 1951-May 1954; mortgage solicitor and appraiser for Mortgages, Inc. 4/54-Mar 1963; appraiser 2/63; reviewer at county assessors office 1964; appraiser for the Indiana State Highway Commission 1965; retired 1 Aug 1968.
Residence: about 1930 lived at 853 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; 1935 to 1941 lived at 3227 College Ave., Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; 1941 to 1948 lived at 1309 E. Kessler Blvd. Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; 1950s and 1960s lived at 6146 Burlington Ave., Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; at time of death lived in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Organizations: Broadway United Methodist Church, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Funeral: Flanner and Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
EDUCATION: Marion High School, Marion, Indiana, diploma May 1917.
OCCUPATION: Taught grade school 9/17 to 4/18; farming with father until 10/21;
Instructor in accounting at Marion Business College 6/22; Marion National Bank, teller 8/23; Marion Business College 2/24; accountant, Ernst & Ernst, Indianapolis 12/27; Banner Furniture Co., Muncie, office manager 5/28; Teacher, Central Business College, Indianapolis 3/29; Sales Engineer for George Hosmer 5/45; Central Business College 1949; Partlow Realty agent Nov 1951-May 1954; mortgage solicitor and appraiser for Mortgages, Inc. 4/54-Mar 1963; appraiser 2/63; reviewer at county assessors office 1964; appraiser for the Indiana State Highway Commission 1965; retired 1 Aug 1968.
Residence: about 1930 lived at 853 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; 1935 to 1941 lived at 3227 College Ave., Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; 1941 to 1948 lived at 1309 E. Kessler Blvd. Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; 1950s and 1960s lived at 6146 Burlington Ave., Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; at time of death lived in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Organizations: Broadway United Methodist Church, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Funeral: Flanner and Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Events
| Birth | 23 Apr 1900 | Marion, Grant, Indiana | |||
| Marriage | 18 Oct 1922 | Marion, Grant, Indiana - Margaret Melissa Bradford | |||
| Death | 15 Dec 1987 | Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana |  | ||
| Burial | Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Melissa Bradford (1902 - 1988) |
| Child | Eldon Allan Phillips (1924 - 2005) |
| Child | Ruth Eleanor Phillips (1927 - 2013) |
| Father | Wendell Phillips (1875 - 1955) |
| Mother | Gertrude Alice Frazier (1882 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Gladys Mae Phillips (1904 - 1979) |
Endnotes
1. Ruth Jackson, Postcard from Ruth Jackson.