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Reber Jewel “Boots” BarbeeAge: 64 years19081973

Name
Reber Jewel “Boots” Barbee
Given names
Reber Jewel
Surname
Barbee
Nickname
Boots
Birth October 14, 1908 28 24
Death of a motherInez Smith
December 26, 1914 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 8 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 9 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a fatherFlavus Lonzo Barbee
March 28, 1953 (Age 44 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
MarriageRuby Elizabeth WrightView this family
August 11, 1956 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death May 16, 1973 (Age 64 years)
Burial
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Reber Jewel “Boots” Barbee
Birth: October 14, 1908 28 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 16, 1973Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
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Reber Jewel “Boots” Barbee
Birth: October 14, 1908 28 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 16, 1973Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
wife
Ruby Elizabeth Wright
Birth: July 23, 1909 41 29Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 26, 1989Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: August 11, 1956Putnam, Tennessee, United States

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