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Lela J Combs 1919 - 1998

Lela J Combs of Cumberland, Cumberland County, VA was born on July 14, 1919, and died at age 79 years old on September 18, 1998.
Lela J Combs
Cumberland, Cumberland County, VA 23040
July 14, 1919
September 18, 1998
Female
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  • 07/14
    1919

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    July 14, 1919
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  • 09/18
    1998

    Death

    September 18, 1998
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    Lela J Combs lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1919, in the year that Lela J Combs was born, 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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In 1924, when she was merely 5 years old, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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