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Essie James Blakes 1929 - 2002

Essie James Blakes of New Orleans, Orleans County, LA was born on February 27, 1929, and died at age 72 years old on February 13, 2002. Essie Blakes was buried at Biloxi National Cemetery Section 54 Site 804 P.o. Box 4968 - Pass Road, in Biloxi, Ms.
Essie James Blakes
New Orleans, Orleans County, LA 70127
February 27, 1929
February 13, 2002
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  • 02/27
    1929

    Birthday

    February 27, 1929
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 02/13
    2002

    Death

    February 13, 2002
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
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    Biloxi National Cemetery Section 54 Site 804 P.o. Box 4968 - Pass Road, in Biloxi, Ms 39535
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In 1929, in the year that Essie James Blakes was born, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.
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In 1945, Essie was 16 years old 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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