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Benjamin Thomas Lewis Jr 1911 - 1997

Benjamin Thomas Lewis Jr was born on September 23, 1911, and died at age 85 years old on September 8, 1997. Benjamin Lewis was buried at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Section EE Site 19630 4000 Forest Hill-irene Rd, in Memphis, Tn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Benjamin Thomas Lewis Jr.

Benjamin Thomas Lewis Jr

September 23, 1911

September 8, 1997

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1911

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September 23, 1911

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Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: PHM2 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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1997

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September 8, 1997

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West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Section EE Site 19630 4000 Forest Hill-irene Rd, in Memphis, Tn 38125
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Benjamin Thomas Lewis Jr lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.

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In 1911, in the year that Benjamin Thomas Lewis Jr was born, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.

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In 1945, at the age of 34 years old, Benjamin was alive when on April 12th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. At 1p, he was sitting for a portrait when he complained that he had a "terrific pain" in the back of his head and collapsed. A doctor was summoned and the doctor gave him a shot of adrenaline into his heart. It didn't help and he was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. A slow moving train took him back to Washington D.C. while thousands of mourners lined the tracks. He was buried at his home in Hyde Park, New York.

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