Background
Mendenhall, Leslie Ward was born on September 20, 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of Leslie Ward and Viola (Herring) Mendenhall.
Mendenhall, Leslie Ward was born on September 20, 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of Leslie Ward and Viola (Herring) Mendenhall.
Student Texas Christian University, 1938-1941, 45-48.
Accountant, Patterson, Leatherwood & Miller, Fort Worth, 1945-1947. Accountant, office manager Justice of the Peace Bowlin Company, Fort Worth, 1947-1948. Head accounts payable department, accounting department, manager budget control Montgomery Ward, Fort Worth, 1948-1951.
Accountant, Fort Worth, 1951-1959.
Secretary-treasurer, controller, director Nationwide Advertising Specialty Company and related companies, Arlington, Texas, since 1959. Secretary-treasurer, director Texad Specialty Company, since 1964, NACO Advertising Specialty Company, since 1973, National Calendar & Advertising Company, since 1972 (all Arlington), Heritage Manufacturing Corporation, Fort Worth, since 1959.
Certified Public Accountants, Texas Episcopalian.
Lodges: Elks, Rotary.
Married June Helen McCord, May 5, 1942. Children: Leslie Ward III, June Anne Mendenhall Jenney, Melinda Kaye Mendenhall Blair.