The Whitewright Sun
Thursday,
April 2, 1954
pg. 1
HUNDREDS VISIT "MA" MANGRUM ON HER 105th
BIRTHDAY
With
her 105th birthday celebrating behind her,
Mrs. Mandy A. Mangrum can
now take time to look at the more than one
thousand cards and letters
she received during the past ten days.
Up to Wednesday morning
not all the cards had been counted, but Mrs.
Mangrum's son, T.A.
Mangrum, had counted over 900 with a large
stack still to count.
Although
Tuesday was her birthday, Mrs. Mangrum's
relatives and friends staged
her birthday party on Sunday in order that
more of them could be
present. Twenty-six relatives were
present for the Sunday dinner,
with many other relatives and friends
calling during the day. She
received numerous gifts from friends here
and elsewhere. Wagner's
Greenhouse of Denison sent her a beautiful
corsage, Mrs. Wagner saying
she didn't know Mrs. Mangrum but that
anybody who could live to be 105
is certainly entitled to some attention even
from strangers.
There were many other flowers sent by
friends. Charley
Lewis of Slaton, an old friend of the family
who always goes by to
see"Ma" Mangrum when in Whitewright, wired
her some flowers.
There were other gifts, too, to
contribute to her happiness.
Mrs.
Mangrum is the oldest resident of Grayson
county, and among the oldest
in the state and nation. During the
last few weeks she has become
very feeble and spends most of her time in
bed.
Among the relatives
present for the birthday party on Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mangrum
and daughter, Dorothy Jean, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Baxter and son Paul and
Mr. and Mrs. John Park, all of Grand
Prairie; Miss Una Mae Mangrum of
Dallas; Mrs. Freddie Arnold, Mr. and Mrs.
Loren Mangrum and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Gomer Graves and Mr. and Mrs.
F.O. Mangrum, all of
Sherman; Millard Mangrum of Opelousas, La;
Mrs. Mattie Knox of Oklahoma
City; Miss Exa Rae Graves of Los Angeles,
Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. J.E.
Mangrum and A.T. Mangrum of Whitewright.
There were 10
grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and
one great-great-grandchild
present
Out-of-town friends present included Mr. and
Mrs. Homer
Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dunn, Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Harp, Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Burros, Mrs. Leon Sherrill, Mrs. Ida
Parker, Mrs. H.L. Piner, and
Mrs. Gene Bacon, all of Sherman; Mr. and
Mrs. Curt Ferguson of
Commerce; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Dillon of Durant,
Oklahoma; Mrs. Robert
Grant of Bonham; Mrs. F.W. Wright and
Mrs. Ollie Bales of Denison;
and Mrs. E.J. Dixon of Dallas. Also
present were a host of
Whitewright friends.
The Whitewright Sun
Thursday,
April 1, 1955
Pg. 1
Mrs. Mangrum
Has 106th Birthday
Numerous
out-of-town relatives and friends as well as
many Whitewright friends
called on Mrs. Mandy A. Mangrum last Sunday
to help her celebrate her
106th birthday. Thirty-two relatives
were present for the
birthday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Mangrum.
Among
the out-of-town relatives and friends who
called during the day were
Mr. and Mrs. T.D. Knox and children and Mrs.
Mattie Knox of Oklahoma
City; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mangrum and
daughter Dorothy Jean, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Baxter and son Paul, Mr. and
Mrs. John Park, Mrs. Bob
Stephenson, Mrs. Bagwell and Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Sweet of Grand Prairie;
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Mangrum and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Buster Graves and
Mr. and Mrs. F.O. Mangrum of Sherman; Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis Ferguson of
Commerce; Mrs. E.C. Waits of Corsicana; Miss
Euna Mae Mangrum and Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Boyer of Dallas; Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Rudy of Ector; and
Mrs. Bruce Pember and son of Slaton.
Mrs. Mangrum has two living children, Joe
Mangrum and Al Mangrum, 16
great-grandchildren and five
great-great-grandchildren.
For
the last several years Mrs. Mangrum has been
receiving hundreds of
birthday cards from all over the United
States, and this deluge of
greetings was repeated this year.
March 31 was her 106th birthday,
but the celebration was held on the Saturday
preceding that date as has
been the custom of the past.
