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George E Willis 1915 - 2003

George E Willis of Roanoke, Roanoke City County, VA was born on December 10, 1915, and died at age 87 years old on April 2, 2003.
George E Willis
Roanoke, Roanoke City County, VA 24014
December 10, 1915
April 2, 2003
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  • 12/10
    1915

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    December 10, 1915
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  • 04/2
    2003

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    April 2, 2003
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    George E Willis lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1915, in the year that George E Willis was born, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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In 1925, he was only 10 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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