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Booker Gibbs 1911 - 1986

Booker Gibbs of Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia was born on July 13, 1911, and died at age 75 years old in September 1986.
Booker Gibbs
Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia 31643
July 13, 1911
September 1986
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Booker Gibbs' History: 1911 - 1986

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  • 07/13
    1911

    Birthday

    July 13, 1911
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  • 09/dd
    1986

    Death

    September 1986
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    Booker Gibbs lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1911, in the year that Booker Gibbs was born, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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In 1942, Booker was 31 years old when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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Booker Gibbs' Family Tree & Friends

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