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Leslie Bond Riggins JrAge: 72 years19392012

Name
Leslie Bond Riggins Jr
Given names
Leslie Bond
Surname
Riggins
Name suffix
Jr
Birth November 1, 1939 28 26
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 5 months)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 2 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 10 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 grandmotherLucy Irene Ellis
December 10, 1960 (Age 21 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherEdward Lewis Riggins
April 22, 1969 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherLeslie Bond Riggins
February 1974 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 6 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 motherMyrtle Anderson
March 9, 1999 (Age 59 years)
Death September 9, 2012 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Colonial Cemetery and Mausoleum
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mother
Myrtle Anderson
Birth: January 22, 1913Mississippi, United States
Death: March 9, 1999Amite, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States
himself
Leslie Bond Riggins Jr
Birth: November 1, 1939 28 26Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 9, 2012Louisiana, United States
sister
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step-mother
Anna Belle “Annie” Roberts
Birth: January 1, 1896Detroit, Lamar, Alabama, United States
Death: August 21, 1965Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
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Leslie Bond Riggins Jr
Birth: November 1, 1939 28 26Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 9, 2012Louisiana, United States
wife
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daughter
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Leslie Bond Riggins Jr has 1 first cousin recorded

Father's family (1)

Parents Abie Earle Beaty + Etta Mae Riggins

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leslie Bond Riggins - Household

Highway 64 Shelby, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Riggins, L BheadMW28MTNMemphisShelbyTNFactoryFirestone tire & rubber co.
Riggins, MyrtlewifeFW27MMSMemphisShelbyTN
Riggins, Leslie BsonMW4mSTNMemphisShelbyTN
Dickenson, Douglasstep sonMW10SMSMemphisShelbyTN