Vida Rochelle Blue Sr. (1920 - 1966)

Ancestors

Biography

Vida was the son of Sallie and Minnie Blue. Sallie worked as a farmer and Minnie was a homemaker according to the US 1930 Census. Vida was the fifth child of eight children and the fourth of five sons.

The other children, all born in Alabama, were: daughter Florena, born in 1909; son Wiley, born in 1912; son Sam L., born in 1914; son Shelby, born in 1918; daughter Ophelia, born in 1921; daughter Pinkie, born in 1922: and son Nelson, born in 1926.

Vida enlisted in the Army in October, 1942. He had finished grammer school and was working as a farm hand. He was sent to Ft. Benning with the rank of private.

Vida married Sallie Henderson in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana on 14 September 1947.^[1] They had 6 children. His son, Vida, Jr.Vida, Jr. would go on to be a professional baseball player.

Vida worked as a laborer at a foundry and suffered from what is now known as black lung disease.

He died on 29 September 1966 at age 46 and is buried at Union Cemetery in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7837 #595099 (accessed 8 May 2023)
   Vida Blue marriage to Sallie Henderson on 14 Sep 1947.
2. ↑ Military: "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970"
   National Archives at St. Louis, MO; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones, 1/1/1925 - 6/30/1970; NAID: NAID 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2375 #2404250 (accessed 8 May 2023)
   Name: Vida Rochell Blue; Rank: Pfc; Birth Date: 20 Nov 1925; Service Number: 34417244; Service Branch: Army; Unit: 492Nd Aviation Sqdn, Aaf; Enlistment Date: 6 Oct 1942; Discharge Date: 18 Feb 1946; Death Date: 29 Sep 1966; Cemetery: Union Cemetery; Cemetery Location: Mansfield, Louisiana, USA.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXZ8-83Z : 31 January 2021), Vita R Blue in entry for Sellie Blue, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3KX4-BT2 : accessed 23 August 2021), Vida Blue in household of Sallie Blue, Goshen Hill, Pike, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 6B, line 61, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 46; FHL microfilm 2,339,781.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8TY-BP3 : 5 December 2014), Vida R Blue, enlisted 06 Oct 1942, Ft Benning, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLHK-HMS : 10 January 2021), Vida Blue, Sep 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Military: "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010"
  Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Page number: 1
  Ancestry Record 2441 #1777119 (accessed 8 May 2023)
  Name: Vida R Blue; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 25 Nov 1920; Death Date: 29 Sep 1966; Enlistment Branch: ARMY; Enlistment Date: 19 Oct 1942; Discharge Date: 18 Feb 1946.
• Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F37Z-QY2 : 4 March 2021), Vida Blue in entry for Evelyn Blue, 09 Jul 1948; citing Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, certificate number 723, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,409,134.

Wikipedia- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vida_Blue