Phillips, Joseph Tooley, 1912-1984

Joseph Tooley Phillips was born in Los Angeles, California on September 24, 1912 to Las Vegas, Nevada-residents, George and Marguerite Tooley, due to the lack of hospitals in Las Vegas. His father died in 1918, and the family moved to Oregon. His mother later remarried. Joesph Tooley Phillips returned to southern Nevada and worked at the Chiquita Mining Company in Goodsprings. After serving in World War II, he returned to Las Vegas and worked as an engraver at the Las Vegas Review-Journal and, later, the Las Vegas Sun. He passed away in 1984.