Velma Pearl Mangum1

b. 15 August 1917, d. 1 June 2012
FatherHyrum Mangum1 b. 26 Mar 1888, d. 12 Jun 1952
MotherEthel Garnet Carter1 b. 9 Dec 1891, d. 22 May 1918
Birth15 Aug 1917 Velma Pearl Mangum was born on 15 Aug 1917 in Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico.1 
Childhood22 May 1918  Velma was less than 1 year old when her mother died. Velma's obituary states that she grew up on or around cattle ranches and loved riding horses and gathering cattle with her father.2 
Cens-194019 Apr 1940  As a teenager she lived with her widowed maternal grandmother Sallie Carter in Catron County, New Mexico.3 
Marriage24 Nov 1945 She married first Frederick Ralph Steese on 24 Nov 1945.4 
Marriage20 Aug 1947 She married second Adam Hartley Greenwood on 20 Aug 1947.1 
Death1 Jun 2012 Velma died on 1 Jun 2012 in Taylor, Navajo County, Arizona, at age 94.2 
Burial She was buried at Reed S. Hatch (Taylor) Cemetery in Taylor, Navajo County, Arizona.2 

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Velma's obituary is posted on her memorial entry on Find A Grave and can be read HERE2
ChartsDescendants of Jeremiah Gardner and Margaret Edmiston
Last Edited10 Sep 2013

Citations

  1. [S2945] Robert Gardner research, 2881 Pruneridge Ave., Santa Clara, California, 95051, email to: e-mail address.
  2. [S1777] Find A Grave Website (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : accessed Feb. 2013). Velma Pearl Mangum Greenwood memorial #91380974, Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Navajo Co., Arizona (entry includes photo of Velma and copy of her obituary).
  3. [S3099] Salie B. Carter household, 1940 U.S. cens., Catron Co., New Mexico, pop. sched., ED 2-24, sheet 1A, household 7, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2013. Household includes: Salie B. Carter, 66, wid, highest grade of school: 5th grade, b. TX, same address in 1935, rents home for $5 mos; Velma Mangum, granddaughter, 22, sgl, b. NM, same address in 1935, highest grade of school: 1 yr high school.
  4. [S2594] "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Sept. 2013), "Benjamin and Fewell Ancestors" (owner: Gladys Dillard), entry for Velma Pearl Mangum (1917-2012).