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Bessie Cherry 1921 - 2009

Bessie Cherry of Roanoke, Roanoke County, VA was born on June 28, 1921, and died at age 87 years old on January 15, 2009.

Bessie Cherry
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Roanoke, Roanoke County, VA 24018
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In 1921, in the year that Bessie Cherry was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1933, Bessie was only 12 years old when Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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Cherry, Bessie (Jun 5, 1905 - May 1992) Wesley Cherry, Bessie (Feb 14, 1919 - Dec 7, 2006) Cherry, Bessie (Apr 15, 1917 - Nov 23, 2001) Cherry, Bessie (Apr 1, 1897 - Sep 1991) Cherry, Bessie (Aug 31, 1903 - Apr 1981) Cherry, Bessie (Aug 16, 1902 - Dec 1974) Cherry, Bessie (Apr 11, 1921 - Jul 31, 1989) Cherry, Bessie (Feb 13, 1898 - Feb 1986) Cherry, Bessie (Dec 1, 1900 - Jan 30, 1990) Cherry, Bessie (Nov 30, 1924 - Jul 20, 2005)

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Cherry, Sarah (Born 1856) Cherry, Alfred (Born 1856) Cherry, Ruth (Nov 16, 1910 - Sep 1982) Cherry, Ellsworth (Sep 10, 1901 - Jul 1958) Cherry, Doris (Jul 7, 1918 - Dec 8, 1988) Cherry, Mary (May 8, 1924 - Mar 18, 2005) Cherry, Martha (Feb 3, 1889 - Aug 1969) Cherry, Jeffrey (Aug 31, 1965 - Apr 16, 2004) Cherry, Charles (May 15, 1885 - Jun 1968) Cherry, Jym (Jan 22, 1953 - May 9, 1994)
Cherry, Walter (Apr 22, 1921 - Jan 1977) Cherry, George (Jun 24, 1929 - Nov 1, 2001) Cherry, Martin (Jul 16, 1890 - Jan 1976) Cherry, William (Mar 13, 1912 - Sep 29, 1988) Cherry, Joseph (Oct 13, 1919 - May 21, 2003) Cherry, Richard (Dec 17, 1886 - Nov 1984) Cherry, Jacqueline (Apr 12, 1937 - Feb 1982) Cherry Ather, Bernice (Aug 15, 1930 - Apr 13, 2003) Cherry, Charles (Dec 28, 1888 - Feb 1981) Cherry, Eliz (Oct 24, 1913 - Mar 18, 1999)
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