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Odis Leverne Singleton Sr
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Odis Leverne Singleton Sr 12/18/1924 - 1/6/1966
| Odis Leverne Singleton, Sr, was born on December 18, 1924 in Mitchell County, Georgia and died on January 6, 1966 in Camillia, Georgia. He lived to be 41 years old.
He had seven children and two of his sons were named Odis Leverne Singleton, Jr.
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Odis L. Singleton, Jr.,
- Odis L. Singleton, Jr.,
- Phillip Singleton,
- Randall Singleton,
- Dennis Singleton,
- Teresa, and
- Kathy Singleton.
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| Census | 4/11/1930 | Branchville GA (Mitchell County) | 5 yrs old | Recorded as family #138: Gordan Singleton (age 44), Ida (wife, age 45), Wilder (son, age 16), Darbey (son, age 13), Lamar (son, age 10), Maxine (son, age 8), Otus (son, age 5), Preston (son, age 3). All were born in GA as were their parents. All but the two youngest children have been attending school during the past year. Everyone can read and write except the three youngest children. Gordan is a farmer working a general farm and he is not a veteran. |
| Death Certificate | 1/6/1966 | GA (Mitchell County) | 41 yrs old | Death Certificate #000801: Odis L. Singleton, white male, died on January 6, 1966 in Mitchell County. He was a resident of Mitchell County and was 41 years old. |
| Newspaper | 1/8/1966 | GA (Mitchell County) | 41 yrs old | Obituary of Odis Laverne Singleton as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated Jan 7, 1966. Odis Singleton Dies Suddenly At Work - Fueral services for Odis Lavern Singleton, age 41, will be held tomorrow, Jan 8, at the Mt. Pleasant Church in Decatur County at three o'clock p.m. Officiating will be Rev. Paul Irvin, of Newton, Ga., and Rev. Jake Scott, of Mt. Pleasant Church. Serving as pallbearers will be Ward Worsham, James E. Singleton, Glenn Singleton, Jake Singleton, Gordon Singleton, and Robert Taylor. Mr. Singleton died very suddenly yesterday afternoon, Thursday, January 6, 1966. He was born in Mitchell County and had lived most of his life here. He was born December 18, 1924, son of the late Albert Gordon Singleton and Ida Mae Crosson Singleton. He was a World War II veteran, a carpenter by trade, and a member of the Greenwood Free Will Baptist Church. He was currently employed by T. L. Kirbo Company and died while on the job. His survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Wisham Singleton; four sons, Odis L. Singleton, Jr., Phillip Singleton, Randall, and Dennis Singleton; two daughters, Teresa and Kathy Singleton; two brothers, Dorsey Singleton of Albany, Ga., and Lamar Singleton, of Camilla; two sisters, Mrs. Levi Worsham, of Camilla, and Mrs. Charles Congrove, of Springfield, Mass. Bramlett Funeral Home in Camilla will have charge of all arrangements. |
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Age | Date | Event |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
3 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
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1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
12 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
14 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
22 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
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1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
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1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
28 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
33 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
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1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
38 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
41 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
Age | Date | Event |
14 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
15 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
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1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
26 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
31 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
36 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
39 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
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1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
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1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
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1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
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1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
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1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
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1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
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1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
15 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
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1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
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1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
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1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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1954 |
The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency. |
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1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
42 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
Age | Date | Event |
14 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
15 |
1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
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1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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Marriages
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| Mary Worsham Born on October 1, 1932 and died on June 15, 2010
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| | | Daphne Knudson Born on June 21, 1930 and died on November 15, 2023
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The Children of Odis Leverne Singleton Sr
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