Officer Shelby Phillips

**Shelby Amanda Phillips nee Marks** was one of the officers at the Spruceville Police Department in Spruceville, Tennessee.

## Officer Shelby Phillips

### Aliases

"Shelbs"
"Blondie"
"Pretty Lady"

### Relatives

Danny Marks(Father,deceased)
 Rita Marks(Mother,deceased)
 Doug Phillips( Husband)
 Jacqueline Phillips (Daughter)
 Willoughby Phillips(Son)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Sky Blue

Shelby was born August 12th, 1949 in Spruceville Tennessee to Danny and Rita Marks, when Shelby was 3 years old her mother died from an unexpected death. Since her father was the Chief, the woman next door was happy to look after Shelby while he worked. When Shelby turned 16, her father bought her a used blue and white 1958 Plymouth Fury sedan, She fell in love with it and promised to take good care of it. At age 17, Shelby went to the Spruceville Police Academy for the next four years.

## Academy Life,Meeting Doug Phillips

In 1967, while on training patrol, Shelby met a young man named Doug Phillips, a young 19 year old photographer who was finishing up his photography degree. After graduation in May of 1969, Doug proposed to Shelby and she accepted. On July 5th, 1970 Doug and Shelby married and lived in a two story red brick house five blocks from the police station. A month later, Shelby found out she was expecting.

## The Arrival of Jacqueline Phillips

On April 5th, 1971 at exactly 4:00 AM, Jacqueline Sarah Phillips came into the world right when Fran Wilson(the first lady) to reach the North Pole. Shelby loved being a mother. Doug would take over the night shift and When Shelby had her days off she would take the day shift. At age 5 Jackie wanted to be a police officer like her mother.

## The 59ers 1972-1974

On May 12th, 1972, Shelby was pursuit of Geraldine Winningham a teenage girl with her late grandmother's sky blue 1959 Cadillac series 62 coupe. Gearldine was the leader of the a gang called "The 59ers" with her boyfriend Jeff Ridges, Tough Donna Mills and hippie Rebecca Lovelace. Shelby watched as the crazy teen jumped a bridge gap but eventually Shelby lost Geraldine. After Shelby went back on patrol, Geraldine was hiding behind a large billboard and then she drove to her boyfriend's junkyard. Shelby tried many several attempts to pull Gearldine over but the rouge teen was the one that got away every time. On October 14th, 1974, Shelby was the first to arrive on the scene on Dusty Mountain Road, where Gearldine and her boyfriend Jeff had their terrible accident. She describes the accident in her own words:

"*I know there's a lot of crazy people in this world but none as crazy as Gearldine Winningham."*

## The Arrival of Willoughby Phillips

On June 3rd, 1980 at 5:30 AM her only son Willoughby Daniel Phillips was born right when a computer communications device failure caused warning messages to sporadically flash at North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Air Force command posts around the world that a Soviet nuclear attack was taking place. Willoughby is mostly a happy infant. Doug hopes Willoughby willl become a proffessional baseball player.

## Retirement and the future police legacy

On March 14th, 2009, after 40 years on the force, Shelby retired from the force and her daughter Jacqueline(who joined the force in 1990) As of today while Jacqueline is serving and protecting the citizens of Spruceville, Shelby and Doug enjoy their retirement on the sandy beaches of Gulf Shores, AL.

## Personality

Shelby has a loving sweet personality, but firm when needed with criminals and her daughter's sassy attitude.