SUMMER 2020 Italian American Digest
Mr. Anselmo was born
September 18, 1940, in Port
Arthur, Texas. He is the husband of
Cynthia Comeaux Anselmo, and son
of the late Earnest Charles Anselmo, Sr.
and his wife Mable, and the late Violet
Young Anselmo Parks and her husband
Perry. Chuck served in the United States
Army before moving to Opelousas in
1967 where he became an agent at the
Bekins Moving Company.
This was the beginning
of his long successful
entrepreneurship.
In 1977, he moved
his business to Lafayette
and became a United
Van Lines agent, which
transitioned to Mayflower
Transit. During those years
he donated his trucks for
various causes, some of
which were Thanksgiving
Dinner on the Mayflower,
where a radio station
would serve a lucky winner
their Thanksgiving dinner
inside the trailer which
was decorated with new
furniture donated to the
winner. He was also a big
supporter for the Food for
Families Drive where his
trucks were used to transfer
the donated food to the
food bank for storage.
He sold his business after
38 years in the moving
company industry. In 1979, he started
All States Portable Buildings, eventually
selling it to his son, Chuck, in 2002. In
1998, he started A & A Record Storage
and Data Management, later selling it
in 2008. In 2010, he became co-owner
of the Louisiana Icegators with his son,
Chuck.
He held numerous officer positions
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