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George Richardson Irvine, Jr. |
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GEORGE, or as everyone knows him, Richie, born in Mobile, Alabama, 16th November, 1932, the 1st child of George Richardson Irvine and Lucille Starke. Richie attended Convental Mercy, Little Flower, Mobile AL and was a graduate of McGill Institute, Mobile, AL. in 1950. He is a 1954 graduate of the University of Alabama where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in General Business with an Option in Real Estate. He joined the US Naval Reserves as a Seaman and served from 1948-1952. In 1954, he Joined the US Army as a 1st Lieutenant until 1956. In the Army, he served as a member of the US Army Signal Corps and remained in the Army Reserves until 1962. (pictured: Richie and niece Kate, xmas 1999) In November 1956, Richie joined Cowan-Irvine Real Estate, owned by his father, Geo. R Irvine and L.A. Cowan (brother of Patrick Cowan, married to Mildred Starke, sister of Lucille Starke). In 1957, Richie formed Irvine-O'Neil Real Estate Co. in Mobile, AL. He worked for Riley Smith Inc. from 1959-1961 when he formed Irvine and Co. Inc. which was in existence from 1961-1962. During this time, Richie was on the Board of Directors for the Mobile County Board of Realtors; President of the Mobile Association of Home Builders; National Director of the Association of Home Builders and President of the Parade of Homes of Mobile, AL in 1961 where he published the 1st Plan Book from 1959-1960. Richie joined Irvine Co. Inc of Daphne AL 1981 and worked together with his youngest brother, Starke until 1986. He joined Cummings-Whitespunner of Mobile in 1989-1990. Richie then rejoined Irvine Co. Inc in May of 1990 until 1992 when he formed G.R. Irvine Real Estate of Daphne, AL which he owns and operates to this day. Richie, like his father, Geo. Sr. and his brother Starke, is a successful real estate broker and follows a tradition in real estate of almost ¾ of a century.
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Issue :- George
Richardson Irvine III, b. August 8, 1959 in Mobile, AL; Anne
Carson Irvine, b. July 26, 1961 in Mobile, AL; |