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Gayla Lynn PowersAge: 68 years19432011

Name
Gayla Lynn Powers
Given names
Gayla Lynn
Surname
Powers
Married name
Gayla Lynn Heckman
Birth June 13, 1943 29 24
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945

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
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 6 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherJacob Washington “Jake” Powers
November 20, 1971 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 2 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 of a paternal grandmotherCora Bessie Cox
July 2, 1976 (Age 33 years)
Death of a motherDoris Rudine Flournoy
April 22, 1990 (Age 46 years)
Death of a fatherJames Albert “Jimmie” Powers
November 24, 1997 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherJames Robert “Jim” Powers
December 5, 2006 (Age 63 years)
Death October 25, 2011 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Little Cemetery
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father
James Albert “Jimmie” Powers
Birth: March 19, 1914 27 21Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: November 24, 1997Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Doris Rudine Flournoy
Birth: February 27, 1919Pickton, Hopkins, Texas, United States
Death: April 22, 1990Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
elder brother
James Robert “Jim” Powers
Birth: January 20, 1941 26 21Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 5, 2006Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
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herself
Gayla Lynn Powers
Birth: June 13, 1943 29 24Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 25, 2011Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
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Gayla Lynn Powers
Birth: June 13, 1943 29 24Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 25, 2011Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
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