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Griffith & Mamie Eldridge

Updated Mar 25, 2024
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Griffith & Mamie Eldridge
A photo of Griffith M Eldridge with his Mother Mamie Adel McArthur Eldridge. The last time Mother and Son would lay eyes on eash other in the flesh
Date & Place: in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia 31709, USA
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Mamie Adel (McArthur) Eldridge
Mamie Adel McArthur was born on October 16, 1892 to parents James Oliver "Mac" McArthur Sr (1860-1911) and Beulah Benton Pounds McArthur (1870-1959). Mamie married Griffith Morgan Eldridge Jr. on December 14, 1911, in Sumter, Georgia and together they were blessed with three children: Griffith "Yank" Morgan Eldridge II (1913-1944), James Donald "Big Bub" Eldridge Sr. (1915-2004), and Agnes Ruth "Baby Ruth" Eldridge (1918-2008). Facing the challenges of early widowhood, Mamie courageously raised her three children on her own during the turbulent times of the Great Depression.
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Griffith 'Yank' Morgan Eldridge
Griffith went by his nick name in his home town. He was well known as Yank. Never got the full story of how he aquired this nick name. Griffith Morgan Eldridge Jr. was born to Griffith Morgan Eldridge Sr. (1891 - 1922) and Mamie Adel McArthur (1892 - 1982). He had siblings James Donald (1915 - 2004) and Agnes Ruth Eldridge (1918 - 2008). "Yank" was a World War II combatant. He was KIA over Austria. A tail gunner, he stayed on his plane drawing German planes' fire so that the crew members could safely get away. There were also not enough parachutes for him to use one, though at a certain altitude he jumped from the plane, breaking both legs. He was found a year later a mile from a village. First buried in France during World War II, he was later reburied in Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Sumter County, Georgia. He received the Purple Heart and the Air Medal.
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