Jack was born on 17 January 1925 in
Indianapolis,, Indiana. He was the son of
Otis Scott Ervin and
Florence Grace DeVore. He married
Shirley Pearl Jones in
Phoenix, Arizona, on 12 February 1949. Jack died on 29 October 2003 in
Brandon, Rankin county, Mississippi, at age 78. He was cremated in
Jackson,, Hinds county,, Mississippi, on 30 October 2003.
Jack's birth certificate shows Jack Phillip but at some point his mother decided it should be Phillippe. Jack enlisted in the U.S.Army Feburary 1943 at Miami, Florida (serial no. 34546060). He was discharged 6 April 1946. January 1948 he became a Cadet in the U.S. Air Corps, graduated 26 Feburary 1949 (serial no. 1908530) at Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Arizona. He was discharged July 1954. Jack was employed by the Federal Aviation Administration from Feburary 1963 until he retired in Miami, Florida in December 1983.