[M] #63114 David Mechling Perkins ( Jeanette P. MechlingSolomon O. MechlingDavid P. MechlingFrederick MechlingJohn Theobald "Dewalt" MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

David was born Abt 1922. He died 18 Feb 2010.

He received a B.S. in Animal Science from Louisiana State University. He served in the Infantry during World War II, receiving five Bronze Stars. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. He served as president of the county and state Cattlemen’s Association, and the tate and

national American QuarterHorse Association. He was the first chairman of the Louisiana 4-H Foundation and was named Cattleman of the Year in 1980 and inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's Hall of Fame in 1996.

David married #63115 Gloria Brisolara.

Relationship notes

They married.

 

Gloria was born 4 Jan 1927 in Louisiana. She died 8 Mar 2005 in Metaire, Jefferson Co., Louisiana.

She is the daughter of Arthur L. & Alma T. (David) Brisolara.

Children of this relationship:

#63116FiLiving 
#63118FiiLiving 

"Nurse Veteran Dies in Bunkie", obituary, clipping of unknown source.

Mechling Historical Association Family Newletter, Vol. XXIV, Nos. 1&2, March-June 2010.


Line Generation: 9

Relationship: Fourth Cousins Two Times Removed through John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling