Biography of James Henry Abel Jr., St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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James H. Abel Jr. was born in Grenada, Miss, and came to St. Francis county in
1925 with his parents when he was only six months old. He graduated from Forrest
City High School and attended the James Millikein University in Decatur,
Illinois. On July 26, 1943, he entered World War II as a private in the Army Air
Corps, and was assigned to the 8th Air Force and was discharged with the
commissioned rank of First Lieutenant on Oct. 17, 1947. He is married to the
former Miss Virgimai Porter, of Forrest City, and they have two children. He is
active in the First Baptist Church as a Deacon and Superintendent of Adult No. 1
Department.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas