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Note: [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Jul 18, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.6894.40]
Individual: Mansfield, George
Birth date: Nov 16, 1896
Death date: Aug 1964
Social Security #: 429-01-9430
Last residence: AR
State of issue: AR
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Jan 4, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.6894.40]
GEORGE ELMA MANSFIELD, SR.
GEORGE MANSFIELD MARRIED LETA WOLFE AND LIVED HIS ADULT YEARS IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS WHERE THEY HAD TWO SONS; GEORGE, JR. AND CLARENCE ALBERT, AND TWO DAUGHTERS; MARY VIRGINIA AND BETTY. GEORGE AND LETA LIVED IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, BUT BOUGHT A HOME ON PARK HILL AND LIVED THERE THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LIVES.
GEORGE HAD HEART PROBLEMS, AND BY THE TIME I WAS AROUND HIM A LOT, (I WAS 13, IN 1958) HE HAD ALREADY RETIRED. HE HAD A LITTLE SIDE LINE JOB AT HOME WORKING FOR A LOCAL TILE COMPANY. HE WOULD CLEAN UP THEIR REJECTS AND SORT THE SMALL TILE BY COLOR AND RETURN TO THE TILE COMPANY. HE WOLD LET MY SISTER, JANICE AND I HELP HIM CLEAN THE TILES ON SATURDAY WHEN WE WEREN'T IN SCHOOL.
GEORGE AND LETA WERE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE CORNER OF 4TH AND POPLAR IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. THE CHURCH SOLD AND REBUILT NEAR MCCAIN BLVD., AND THEY REMAINED MEMBERS. GEORGE AND LETA WERE GOOD CHRISTIAN PEOPLE, DOING
GOOD DEEDS FOR PEOPLE AND WERE WELL RESPECTED, BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THEY OFTEN CARRIED MY SIBLINGS AND ME TO CHURCH WITH THEM, WHERE WE ALSO BECAME MEMBERS.
WE LIVED JUST A BLOCK DOWN THE STREET FROM THEM, SO AUNT LETA TOOK US TO SCHOOL, WHEN SHE TOOK HER GRANDDAUGHTER, GAYLE.
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