Alva Review-Courier -

Eckley and Melva Phillips of Alva are excited to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 14. They were married on June 14, 1971, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and lived the first 13 years of their marriage in the Denver, Colorado, area. In 1984, they moved to Cherokee, Oklahoma, where they lived until 2003. At that time, they moved to Alva, where they currently reside.

Mr. Phillips worked in the transportation industry for over 40 years both in Colorado and Oklahoma, the majority with Northwest Transport in Denver, ultimately retiring from Croft Chevrolet in Cherokee, in 1998. Mrs. Phillips w...