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Gurtie Roark 1919 - 1997

Gurtie Roark of Greeneville, Greene County, TN was born on December 7, 1919, and died at age 77 years old on August 29, 1997.
Gurtie Roark
Greeneville, Greene County, TN 37743
December 7, 1919
August 29, 1997
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Gurtie Roark's History: 1919 - 1997

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  • 12/7
    1919

    Birthday

    December 7, 1919
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  • 08/29
    1997

    Death

    August 29, 1997
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    Gurtie Roark lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1919, in the year that Gurtie Roark was born, on January 6th, President Theodore Roosevelt died. Having gone to bed the previous night after being treated for breathing problems, the ex-President died in his sleep from a clot that had traveled to his lungs. He was 60. After a simple service, Roosevelt was buried on a hillside overlooking Oyster Bay.
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In 1925, at the age of only 6 years old, Gurtie was alive 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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