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Edwin Alfred Mann

AUSTIN - Edwin Alfred Mann, 87, died Wednesday, March 24, 2004.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in The Worship Place in 
Georgetown. Arrangements are by All Faiths Funeral Service North.

Mr. Mann was born in Oklahoma City on Feb. 7, 1917, to Joseph David 
Mann and Florence Hill Mann. He attended Oklahoma Military Academy in 
Claremore, Okla.

In 1940, he enlisted in the Army Cavalry and was later transferred to 
a new unit that General George S. Patton was leading, the 2nd Armored 
Division, also known as "Hell on Wheels." He attained the rank of 
major and served with the 2nd Armored throughout World War II, 
participating in the invasions of Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium, 
Holland and Germany, including the landing at Omaha Beach and Battle 
of the Bulge. Among his decorations were the Bronze Star with two Oak 
Clusters and the Silver Star. At the end of the war he was offered 
the rank of lieutenant colonel if he would stay on, but he chose to 
be honorably discharged and return to his family.

He was manager/owner of J.C. Hamilton Co. in Amarillo. He was a 
director of Amarillo Country Club and Bill Mullins Foundation. He was 
president of Amateur Radio Club in Amarillo and volunteered in the 
Navy MARS Program. He was a Mason and a member of Khiva Shrine and 
the Lions Club in Amarillo.

He was well respected in his industry and was well known for his work 
ethic, sense of fairness and humor. He enjoyed the camaraderie of his 
hunting, fishing, golf and bocce friends.

In February 2000, he moved to Sun City Texas in Georgetown.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Sara Hamilton; and 
a daughter, Marsha Mann Blakemore.

Survivors include a sister, Betty Mann Carroon, 92, of Richardson; 
two sons, Edwin A. Mann Jr. and wife, Marilyn Boyd, of Summerfield, 
Fla., and James D. Mann and wife, Lynn Ficke, of Georgetown; eight 
grandchildren, Becky Mann, Mike Mann, David Mann, Helen Hagan, Paige 
TeBeest, Melissa Mann, Liz Thomas and Austin Dowell; and nine great-
grandchildren, Corey Thomas, Jordan Thomas, Christopher Mann, 
Mitchell TeBeest, Daniel Hagan, Hutson Thomas, Will Hagan, Summer 
TeBeest and Autumn TeBeest.

The family suggests memorials be to VistaCare Hospice, 7800 Shoal 
Creek Blvd., Suite 130 West, Austin, TX 78757.

Amarillo Globe-News, March 27, 2004
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