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Selma (Yates) Lanier 1927 - 2018

Selma (Yates) Lanier of Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia United States was born on March 28, 1927 in Heard County to Violet Lucille (Lewis) Yates and Harvey Jerome Yates. She had siblings Horace Burlin Yates, Jewel (Yates) Walls, Betty Jean (Yates) Satterfield, Bobby E Yates, and Opal Estelle Yates Beck. Selma Lanier married Leonard J Lanier, and died at age 91 years old on July 7, 2018 in Newnan, Coweta County.

Selma (Yates) Lanier

Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia United States

March 28, 1927

Heard County, Georgia, United States

July 7, 2018

Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, United States

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1927

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March 28, 1927

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Heard County, Georgia United States

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July 7, 2018

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Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia United States
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Selma (Yates) Lanier lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.

The average age of a Yates family member is 72.

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In 1927, in the year that Selma (Yates) Lanier was born, 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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In 1947, by the time she was 20 years old, on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.

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