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Athene Forte 1920 - 2003

Athene Degodies Forte of Goldsboro, Wayne County, NC was born on September 10, 1920 in Pikeville, and died at age 82 years old on August 5, 2003 in Goldsboro. Athene Forte was buried at Turner Swamp Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Eureka.

Athene Degodies Forte
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Goldsboro, Wayne County, NC 27530
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September 10, 1920
Pikeville, Wayne County, North Carolina, 27863, United States
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Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States
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    Athene D Forte was born on September 10th, 1920 in Pikeville, Wayne County, North Carolina, to Earl W. Forte (1896 - 1999) and Maybelle R. Armwood, who was born in 1900. Both of her parents were born in North Carolina. Athene had ten siblings, six sisters including: Annie, Roberta, Vernell, Carolyn, Louetta, and one more; and four brothers, including John Earl, Wesley Devorn, and two more. Athene Forte, age 20, married McKenley Fort, age 26, who was a farmer and the son of Caesar Fort and Effie Locus, on January 4, 1940 in Greensville County, Virginia. See Athene Forte: Obituary.
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    September 10, 1920
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    Pikeville, Wayne County, North Carolina 27863, United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Athene was Black and both of her parents were born in North Carolina. The heritage of her grandparents on both sides is unknown.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Born and raised in Wayne County, North Carolina, Athene died in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina at the age of 82. She is buried in Turner Swamp Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Eureka, Wayne County, North Carolina.

  • Religious Beliefs

    Athene's funeral was at the First Baptist Church in Eureka, North Carolina. She was buried in Turner Swamp Church Cemetery.
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    August 5, 2003
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    ATHENE D. FORTE, 82, August 5. Funeral 1 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church, Eureka. Burial, Turner Swamp Church Cemetery. Arrangements by Hamilton Funeral Chapel, Goldsboro. - The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Sunday, August 10, 2003 on page 39.
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In 1920, in the year that Athene Forte was born, Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.
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In 1940, by the time she was 20 years old, on July 27th, the cartoon character Bugs Bunny debuted in his first film A Wild Hare - voiced by Mel Blanc. He has since appeared in more short films, feature films, compilations, TV series, music records, comic books, video games, award shows, amusement park rides, and commercials than any other cartoon character. He even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "What's up, Doc?"
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Forte, Roger (Jan 14, 1938 - May 24, 2000) Forte, Marion (Apr 13, 1926 - Feb 26, 1991) Forte, Pauline (Feb 5, 1931 - Sep 6, 2000) Forte, John (Feb 16, 1903 - May 10, 1992) Forte, Grace (Mar 15, 1932 - Nov 27, 2010) Forte, Marianne (Sep 1, 1923 - Dec 7, 1988) Forte, Irene (Aug 4, 1898 - Jan 30, 2003) Forte, Guido (Feb 2, 1905 - Jan 1986) Forte, Clementin (Nov 26, 1908 - Nov 1973) Forte, Gilbert (Jan 3, 1931 - Dec 15, 2010)
Forte, Gilbert (Oct 21, 1876 - Nov 1971) Forte, Catharyn (Jun 20, 1906 - May 1989) Forte, Philomena (Aug 5, 1923 - Nov 2, 2010) Forte, Clement (Jul 19, 1932 - Jun 26, 2008) Forte, Giuseppe (Apr 1, 1896 - Nov 1965) Forte, Rosalia (Apr 11, 1908 - Mar 1975) Forte, Vincent (Aug 17, 1899 - Jul 1971) Forte, Ernest (Jan 14, 1910 - Apr 3, 2000) Forte, Cecilia (Sep 7, 1916 - Jan 24, 2002) Forte, Ross (Nov 6, 1907 - Feb 1978)
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