Date of record: OCTOBER 13, 1924
Source: COMMERCIAL APPEAL OBITUARY

COMMERCIAL APPEAL - OCTOBER 13, 1924 - OBITUARY

A.E. MAHANNAH DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
VICE PRESIDENT KELSEY WHEEL CO SUCCUMBED YESTERDAY

ALBERT E. MAHANNAH1 60, FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KELSEY WHEEL COMPANY OF MEMPHIS, DIED AFTER A LONG ILLNESS AT HIS HOME, 1577 CARR AVENUE, YESTERDAY MORNING AT 4:20 O'CLOCK. MR. MAHANNAH HAS BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR SOME TIME AND HIS LAST ILLNESS CONTINUED OVER A PERIOD OF FOUR WEEKS.

MR. MAHANNAH WAS BORN AND REARED IN CORTLAND, OHIO. HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE ELEMENTARY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOLS OF THAT CITY AND LATER ATTENDED ALBANY COLLEGE IN OHIO. HE AFTERWARDS BECAME IDENTIFIED WITH THE LUMBER INDUSTRY OF MARIETTA, OHIO AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OF BROWNSVILLE, TENNESSEE AND LYON, MISSISSIPPI.

COMING TO MEMPHIS FROM LYON ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AGO, MR. MAHANNAH TOOK HIS PLACE AMONG THE LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF THE CITY AND HAS BEEN PROMINENTLY IDENTIFIED WITH THE GROWTH OF THE LUMBER BUSINESS IN MEMPHIS AND TERRITORY, PARTICULARLY REFERRING TO THE WHEEL AND SPOKE INDUSTRY. UNDER HIS ABLE MANAGEMENT THE KELSEY WHEEL WORKS PROSPERED AND TODAY PRESENTS ITSELF AS ONE OF THE INDUSTRIAL MONUMENTS OF THE CITY.