Ruby (Frye) Phillips
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Title
Ruby (Frye) Phillips
Subject
Phillips, Ruby Mae Frye (1926-2015)
Description
Portrait photograph of Ruby Mae (Frye) Phillips as a young woman with glasses and shoulder-length hair.
She was the daughter of Luther Lemuel McKinley (Boots) Frye and Alice (Mauck) Frye of Mt. Jackson.
Ruby graduated from Triplett High School in 1943 and from Dunsmore Business College in 1945. She worked for Valley Fertilizer upon graduation from Dunsmore Business College, for Citizen’s Bank in New Market, and Farmers and Merchants Bank in Timberville.
She married Douglas Eugene Phillips (1925-2020) in 1948. He was also from Mt. Jackson and managed a service station at the time of his marriage. His new wife, Ruby, was a secretary.
Later, she was a bookkeeper for Howell Metal Co. from 1968-86.
The couple raised four children: Alicia P. (Phillips) Deakins, Patricia (Phillips) Shelton, Mary Ellen Phillips, and Charles D. Phillips.
She was the daughter of Luther Lemuel McKinley (Boots) Frye and Alice (Mauck) Frye of Mt. Jackson.
Ruby graduated from Triplett High School in 1943 and from Dunsmore Business College in 1945. She worked for Valley Fertilizer upon graduation from Dunsmore Business College, for Citizen’s Bank in New Market, and Farmers and Merchants Bank in Timberville.
She married Douglas Eugene Phillips (1925-2020) in 1948. He was also from Mt. Jackson and managed a service station at the time of his marriage. His new wife, Ruby, was a secretary.
Later, she was a bookkeeper for Howell Metal Co. from 1968-86.
The couple raised four children: Alicia P. (Phillips) Deakins, Patricia (Phillips) Shelton, Mary Ellen Phillips, and Charles D. Phillips.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
No ID form. Name was written in the margin of the paper copy.
Biographical information was compiled from public records including her obituary on the Fine-A-Grave website.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
002567
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Ruby (Frye) Phillips,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 3, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/27694.
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