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Lela Roanoke Matthews 1917 - 2012

Lela Roanoke Matthews was born on October 15, 1917, and died at age 94 years old on September 9, 2012. Lela Matthews was buried at Biloxi National Cemetery Section F Site 337-B P.o. Box 4968 - Pass Road, in Biloxi, Ms. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lela Roanoke Matthews.

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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: 1ST LIEUT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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In 1917, in the year that Lela Roanoke Matthews was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1957, by the time she was 40 years old, on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man made earth-orbiting satellite - and triggered the Space Race. Sputnik I was only 23 inches in diameter and had no tracking equipment, only 4 antennas, but it had a big impact.
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Matthews, Lela (Nov 30, 1904 - Jan 30, 2002) Matthews, Lela (Aug 15, 1917 - Apr 1985) Matthews, Lela (Dec 3, 1895 - Oct 17, 1989) Matthews, Lela (Dec 1, 1916 - Oct 1998) Matthews, Lela (Jan 16, 1949 - May 18, 1995) Matthews, Lela (Oct 13, 1934 - Jan 1974) Matthews, Lela (Mar 1, 1911 - May 1990) Matthews, Lela (Jul 28, 1914 - Jun 1978) Matthews, Lela (Apr 17, 1895 - Jun 1977) Matthews, Lela (Apr 22, 1914 - Dec 1983)
Matthews, Lela (Mar 21, 1903 - Aug 1978) Matthews, Lela (Aug 2, 1910 - Jun 15, 1999) Matthews, Lela (Sep 28, 1903 - Feb 1978) Matthews, Lela (Sep 8, 1909 - Aug 5, 2000) Matthews, Lela (Sep 19, 1906 - Mar 10, 1990) Matthews, Lela (Mar 25, 1905 - Mar 1979) Matthews, Lela (Jun 6, 1938 - Oct 30, 2008) Matthews, Lela (Jun 27, 1894 - Mar 1968) Matthews, Lela (Jun 12, 1917 - Dec 12, 2006) Matthews, Lela (Sep 15, 1892 - Aug 1972)

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Matthews, Mary (Born 1907) Matthews, Ruth (Born 1901) Matthews, Helen (Born 1902) Matthews, Becky (Born Jan 23, 1942) Matthews, Batley (Born Oct 4, 1880) Matthews, Joseph (May 16, 1914 - Apr 1973) Matthews, Thelma (Born Oct 28, 1912) Matthews, Wilton (Jun 10, 1910 - Apr 1974) Matthews, Daisy (Born Mar 9, 1876) Matthews, Guy (Born Dec 25, 1889)
Matthews, Samuel (Born Aug 8, 1880) Matthews, Wonda Faye (Born Mar 17, 1939) Matthews, Murble (Jul 17, 1929 - Jun 1986) Matthews, Donald (Mar 4, 1918 - Aug 19, 2004) Matthews, Edward (May 8, 1917 - Feb 17, 1996) Matthews, Earl (Apr 13, 1904 - Sep 1973) Matthews, Lucien (Jul 30, 1916 - Mar 1970) Matthews, Albert (Aug 9, 1905 - Sep 1975) Matthews, Ray (May 6, 1906 - Sep 1983) Matthews, Thomas (Jan 5, 1911 - Jan 1978)
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