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Emma Frances (Jernigan) Hightower 1941 - 1959

Emma Frances (Jernigan) Hightower was born on May 7, 1941 in Taylorsville, Smith County, Mississippi United States to Hazel Madell (Smith) Meadows and John Meadows, and had siblings Wanda G Meadows, Sherrie Madell (Meadows ) Meadows, Mary Ann (Jernigan) Leigh, Billy Ruth (Jernigan) Benton, Francis Milton (Jernigan) Phillips, and Brenda Joyce (Meadows) Owens. Emma Hightower died at age 17 years old in January 1959 in Taylorsville.

Emma Frances (Jernigan) Hightower
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Taylorsville, Smith County, Mississippi, 39168, United States
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In 1941, in the year that Emma Frances (Jernigan) Hightower was born, on December 7th, the Japanese attacked the military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise aerial attack damaged 8 U.S. battleships (6 later returned to service), including the USS Arizona, and destroyed 188 aircraft. 2,402 American citizens died and 1,178 wounded were wounded. On December 8th, the U.S. declared war on Japan and on December 11th, Germany and Italy (allies of Japan) declared war on the United States. World War II was in full swing.
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In 1950, Emma was just 9 years old when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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