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Homer Gillis 1895 - 1978

Homer Gillis of Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi was born on August 7, 1895, and died at age 82 years old in June 1978.
Homer Gillis
Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi 39401
August 7, 1895
June 1978
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  • 08/7
    1895

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    August 7, 1895
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  • 06/dd
    1978

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    June 1978
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    Homer Gillis lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1895, in the year that Homer Gillis was born, on September 3rd, in Latrobe, PA, the first professional football game was played. The game was between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. Latrobe won 12 - 0.
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In 1919, he was 24 years old when in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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