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Reba was born in Dawson Springs, Kentucky back in 1951 to Buck and Dottie. As a teenager she began her singing career as a solo artist. She toured with Andrae Crouch. In 1976 she won a Dove Award for Contemporary Album of the Year for her album ”Lady”. Her voice was compared to Barbra Streisand. ...
09/29/2016
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This is one that I usually don’t post but I thought you may enjoy it. I have an email marketing campaign I use to attract agents. I send several every day to agents. Well yesterday I was just finishing lunch when my phone rang. “Hi this is (Adam) not his real name. I received an email from you an...
09/28/2016
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Jack Edward Foley was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania back in 1922 to Randall and Viola. He graduated from South Hills High School in 1940 and enrolled at the University of Pittsburg. While in his third year he was a member of the ROTC when he was called to duty for WWII.In November he served in ...
09/27/2016
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Sadie Bonnell was born in1888 in England and educated at Bedales. At the outbreak of WWI she was 26 and joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry as an ambulance driver. Although trained as an ambulance driver she War Office was skeptical so they rejected her.Undeterred she joined the Canadian Army...
09/26/2016
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Hardy Murfree was born in Murfreesboro, North Carolina back in 1752 to William and Mary. He was a lieutenant in the Hertford County militia when the Revolutionary War began. In 1775 he served as a captain in the 2nd North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army. He saw action at the Battle of M...
09/25/2016
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Guy Goma was born in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo back in 1969. In 2006 he was waiting in the main reception area of the BBC Television Center in London for a job interview for a position as a “date support cleanser”. At the same time there was to be a live television interview for Guy Kewney a...
09/24/2016
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A soldier’s letterThe letter started out “Dear Papa”. We have all been in one fine fight and it was not so exciting as I had hoped, not as exciting as affairs in Mexico, because there was so much company. when the shelling first stared I had some doubts.The letter went on comparing the first majo...
09/23/2016
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James King was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota back in 1923 to Rolf and Ruth. After graduating from Washburn High School we worked as a jewelry wholesaler, loading and unloading railway boxcars at Burlington freight yards in Minneapolis. He wanted to be a naval fighter pilot but he had poor eyesig...
09/23/2016
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Edmond Lincoln was born in Oakland, California back in 1905 to “Big Ed” and Ella Mae. At 10 his family moved to San Francisco. At 14 he left school to work as an errand boy to help his family survive. He tried to be a jockey however his weight prevented him from riding. He also won an amateur con...
09/22/2016
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Beulah Louise Henry was born in North Carolina back in 1887 to Walter and Beulah. She was a direct descendant of Patrick Henry and the granddaughter of North Carolina’s Governor W.W. Holden. From 1909 to 1912 she attended the North Caroling Presbyterian College and Elizabeth College in Charlotte,...
09/21/2016
