Texas Birth Index- Mendenhall Surname, Part 10 (1916)

 ~Texas Birth Index-1916~

~Thomas Lewis Mendenhall- 7th Cousin, 5x Removed 

Thomas (went by Lewis) was born on March 23, 1916 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Thomas Wayne Mendenhall (1877-1953) and Vaddie Mabel Lougley (1879-1973). He was one of 7 children; siblings were Dale Lambert, Walter Lee, Geron Lynn, Wayne Hollis, Marion Louise, and Robert Zane. 

Thomas married Anna Lea Waddell (1916-1971) and they had one son: Thomas Wayne "Tommy" Mendenhall (1939-2012).

~Corwin Guy Mendenhall Jr.- 2nd Cousin, 3x Removed 

Corwin Jr. was born on December 23, 1916 in Beaumont, Texas to Corwin Guy Mendenhall (1891-1961) and Eula Leona Gripon (1894-1989). He had two siblings- Lee Gripon (1918-2002) & Marilyn Alice (1921-1988). 

Corwin enlisted in the military on June 1, 1939. He married first to Drucilla Ann Weedlin (1917-1976) and they had 3 children: Corwin Guy III, Rick and Suzanne.

He married secondly after his wife died. On February 28, 1977, he married Ruth Land (b. 1916)

Pictured Left- Corwin's first wife Drucilla Ann Weedin (1917-1976) (Yearbook Photo)

Pictured Right below- Corwin's second wife- Ruth Land (b. 1916). 

              

Corwin died on July 7, 2006 at the age of 89 years old. He is buried beside his first wife in the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.