[M] #63114 David Mechling Perkins ( Jeanette P. Mechling • Solomon O. Mechling • David P. Mechling • Frederick Mechling • John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling◊ • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin 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:
#63116 | F | i | Living | |
#63118 | F | ii | Living |
"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◊