Richard Franklin Armistead (1922 - 2002)

Born 26 Nov 1922 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Jun 2002 at age 79 in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

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Biography

Sergeant Frank Armistead served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started: 21 Jun 1942
Unit(s): 351st Bombardment Group
Service ended: 12 Sep 1945

Frank Armistead was a Freemason.

Frank was born in 1922. During World War II he served as an airplane armorer with 351st Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force, stationed at Polebrook, England.

After the war he moved to Florida, where he worked as a central office foreman for AT&T, later traveling around the world as a communications supervisor for Western Electric.

Frank was a skilled automotive repairman and amateur horticulturist who enjoyed growing citrus trees and, later, orchids. His other hobbies included golf, country music and watching baseball.

He passed away in 2002 and is buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida

Sources

See also:

• Ancestry Profile
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3QPB-X6Z : accessed 19 April 2017), Frank Armistead in household of William R Armistead, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 25B, line 68, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 360; FHL microfilm 2,340,095.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7GX-8P6 : accessed 19 April 2017), R Frank Armistead in household of Wm R Armistead, Militia District 775, Henry, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75-17, sheet 5A, line 15, family 75, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 684.
• "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QC-99BT : accessed 19 April 2017), Richard Franklin Armistead, 1940-1942; citing Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ2G-M73J : 16 May 2014), Richard F Armistea, Residence, Delray Beach, Florida, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J28N-KJ6 : 20 May 2014), Richard F Armistead, 16 Jun 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK2B-FXJP : 26 October 2016), Frank Armistead, Florida, United States, 18 Jun 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Palm Beach Post, The, born-digital text.
• [Armistead-1150|Armistead, D]], personal knowledge, February 20, 2024.