Blair Leroy Mutimer Sr (1915 - 1985)

Born 4 Jul 1915 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 23 May 1985 at age 69 in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States

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This profile is part of the Mutimer Name Study.

Private Blair Mutimer Sr served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 25 Jan 1944
Unit(s): 30th Infantry Division
Service ended: 7 Dec 1945

Blair Leroy Mutimer, Sr.

Blair was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania to Robert Ross Mutimer and Lelia Anna McAlpine. He was born July 4, 1915^[1][2]. Before he was 5, the family moved to Augusta, Georgia. His family and his uncle, John Calvin's family came to Georgia to become dairy farmers. His uncle did not stay but instead returned to Pennylvania. His family stayed and thrived. They operated the Meadowbrook Dairy.

Blair married Lillie Blackwell Wednesday November 4, 1936^[3], and they had 4 children.

1. Private Daughter (1930s-2010s)
2. Private Daughter (1940s-2020s)
3. Private Son (1940s-2020s)
4. Private Son (1940s-still living)

He worked as a carpenter, mechanic, roofer, metal worker and a brick mason. When the children were small, he was drafted into the army and recieved basic training at Camp Blanding in Florida. He became an expert rifleman and was sent to Germany as a replacement in the 30th Division where he was a machine gunner. He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action.^[4] After the war, he worked as a brick mason for several years before starting Blair Construction Company. He cleared land, paved streets and parking lots, and laid water and sewer pipes. ^[5]

I know that he had an accident at some point in his life that took part of his hand. He turned a tractor over and became stuck underneath. I don't know if he was a child or adult when this happened. His hand and his gruesome way of telling me the story always fascinated me as a child.

Living next door to my grandfather, I remember the construction business being in his back yard. My Aunt Merle lived in a house above ours, and above her was the garden. He planted it every year. I used to help feed his chickens, and my favorite was hunting the eggs. They were hidden all over the yard, and it was like easter every day. My mother told me, when I was very small, he built a new chicken coop. When he went inside for lunch, I moved all my dolls inside the coop. Very soon after, I had a new playhouse of my own, built by my grandfather so I would stay out of his coop.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2XZ-VMQ : 20 May 2014), Blair Mutimer, May 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V43L-NS8 : 24 December 2014), Blair L Mutimer, 23 May 1985; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Richmond, Georgia, certificate number 021548, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
3. ↑ Lincoln Journal November 1936
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8YW-88V : 5 December 2014), Blair L Sr Mutimer, enlisted 25 Jan 1944, Ft Mcpherson, Atlanta, 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.
5. ↑ Written on the back of his photo by his wife Lillie Blackwell Mutimer

• "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QZ-BXZ3 : accessed 30 January 2020), Blair Leroy Mutimer, 1940-1942; citing Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FamilySearch digital folder 005427713.
• Year: 1920; Census Place: Augusta, Richmond, Georgia; Roll: T625_275; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 112
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3CQH-6PZ : accessed 30 January 2020), Blair Mutimer in household of R R Mutimer, Militia District 0123, Richmond, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 26A, line 48, family 482, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 382; FHL microfilm 2,340,117.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7P6-5T3 : 28 July 2019), Blair L Mutimer, Militia District 119, Richmond, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 121-70, sheet 4B, line 79, family 87, 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 706.