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Ophie Blakely 1903 - 1996

Ophie Blakely of Selmer, McNairy County, TN was born on September 10, 1903, and died at age 93 years old on December 29, 1996.
Ophie Blakely
Selmer, McNairy County, TN 38375
September 10, 1903
December 29, 1996
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Ophie Blakely's History: 1903 - 1996

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  • 09/10
    1903

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    September 10, 1903
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  • 12/29
    1996

    Death

    December 29, 1996
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    Ophie Blakely lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1903, in the year that Ophie Blakely was born, two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, flew the first powered heavier-than-air plane. They flew 4 times in one day - the longest flight lasting 59 seconds and a little over 852 feet. While the brothers had notified several newspapers of their attempt, only one - a local paper - covered it. After their 4th flight, a gust of wind caught the plane, turned it over, and totaled it.
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In 1914, when this person was only 11 years old, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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