Armide Nana Edith Whipple

1920 - 2001  (81 years)

• Name	Armide Nana Edith Whipple
  Birth	16 May 1920	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Sep 2001	Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii
  Person ID	I146160	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	James Cameron Mitchell Whipple,   b. 6 Jul 1892, Columbia, Maury, Tennessee d. 1 Sep 1980, Veterans Hospital, Miami, Dade, Florida (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Armide Ayraud
  Marriage	16 Aug 1919	Antilla, Cuba
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F56662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Elmer Johnson, Colonel,   b. 27 Mar 1919, St. Louis, Missouri d. 27 Jul 2000, Kaneohe, Honolulu, Hawaii (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1946
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F56666	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 May 1920 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Death - 27 Sep 2001 - Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Armide Nana Edith Whipple (1920-2001)
  		Armide Nana Edith Whipple (1920-2001)
  		Colonel James E. Johnson and Armide Nana Edith (Whipple) Johnson (1920-2001) "Wedding Day 1946"

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email from Greg Johnson (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 6 Nov 2013: "Armide was almost born in actor Rudolph Valintino's dressing room when her mother went into labor while on a movie set in Hollywood. Armide attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. She became a Big Band singer with several well known bands to include Bob Crosby, Ben Pollack, Les Brown and Chico Marx. Sang numerous duets with Mel Torme, and Hoagy Carmichael. Toured Aleutian Islands for USO with actress Linda Darnell during WWII. Gave up vocation after marrying James Johnson, who she met while singing at the Hotel del Coronado near North Island Naval Air Station."