Philip Horton

Veteran [Philip Horton] Back in Army
The Ithaca Journal, Feb 13 1943, P. 3, with photo

'Philip Horton, who served 18 months with the AEF in World War I, is back in the scrap again.
  Twenty-five years ago he was a corporal in the field artillery. Now he is a sergeant with the 12th Quartermaster Regiment, Camp Lee, Va. He enlisted in the Army in June, 1942.
  His wife resides on the Lake Rd. (Ithaca RD 1)."

The Ithaca Journal, Apr 3 1945, P. 4, Col. 5

"Miss Phyllis Mae Horton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Horton of Lake Rd., was married to Lawrence Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parker of Groton, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
  The Rev. Henry G. Budd, pastor of the First Methodist Church, performed the ceremony in the church, decorated with lilies and palms.
  Given in marriage by her father, the bride was attended by Miss Luella Shepherd of Ithaca. The bride's outfit was a powder blue suit with which she had white accessories and a corsage of white roses. Dressed in a red outfit, Miss Shepherd wore white accessories and a corsage of gardenias. Clifford Axtell of Ithaca was best man.
  A reception for the immediate families and a few friends was held at the Old Hundred.
  On their return from a wedding trip of unannounced destination, Mr. and Mrs. Parker will reside at their new home in Groton.
  A graduate of Ithaca High School, Cascadilla School, and the Practical School of Nursing in Chicago, the bride does first aid work at the Morse Chain Company, Mr. Parker, who has received a medical discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps, is employed by the Arctic Ice Cream Company in Ithaca."

Obituary for Philip Horton (died June 14 1987)
The Ithaca Journal, Jun 24 1987, P, 5, Col. 1

"RIVERVIEW, Fla. - Philip Horton, 89, of Riverview, Fla., formerly of Ithaca, died Sunday, June 14, 1987, in Tampa, Fla. He was born in Louisville, Ky., a son of William and Mary Lee Horton.
  Mr. Horton and his family moved to Ithaca in 1932, where he worked on the Biggs Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Later he was employed at Cornell University. He was a member of the Mason's Union.
  He was a veteran of World War I and served in France and Germany. He was also a veteran of World War Il, during which he trained soldiers in Camp Lee, Va.
  Mr. Horton was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and an elder in the Methodist Chapel in Riverview, Fla.
  He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Hutchings of Newfield; a granddaughter, Mrs. Nancie Lummuka of Newfield; a grandson, David Marsden of Tampa, Fla.; two great-grandchildren and two sisters.
  Burial was in the Methodist Chapel in Riverview, Fla."