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Lela (Lewis) Watkins 1933 - 2009

Lela Mae Watkins of Dallas, Dallas County, TX was born on October 11, 1933, and died at age 75 years old on May 24, 2009. Lela Watkins was buried at Dallas - Ft. Worth National Cemetery Section 106 Site 306 2000 Mountain Creek Pkwy, in Dallas.

Lela Mae Watkins

Dallas, Dallas County, TX 75224

October 11, 1933

May 24, 2009

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1933

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October 11, 1933

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Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: Korea
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May 24, 2009

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Lela (Lewis) Watkins lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.

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In 1933, in the year that Lela (Lewis) Watkins was born, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.

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In 1940, Lela was only 7 years old when in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top.

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