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Gretna Payne 1919 - 1995

Gretna Payne of Cross Plains, Callahan County, TX was born on October 18, 1919, and died at age 75 years old on May 26, 1995.
Gretna Payne
Cross Plains, Callahan County, TX 76443
October 18, 1919
May 26, 1995
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Gretna Payne's History: 1919 - 1995

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  • 10/18
    1919

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    October 18, 1919
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  • 05/26
    1995

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    May 26, 1995
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    Gretna Payne lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1919, in the year that Gretna Payne was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1927, this person was merely 8 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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