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Leon S Cheek 1925 - 2010

Leon Sanders Cheek of Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia was born on February 6, 1925, and died at age 85 years old on July 22, 2010.
Leon Sanders Cheek
Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia 31014
February 6, 1925
July 22, 2010
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Leon Sanders Cheek's History: 1925 - 2010

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  • 02/6
    1925

    Birthday

    February 6, 1925
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Dodge County, Georgia United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34833928 Enlisted: September 24, 1946 in Goodfellow Field San Angelo Use For No 1 Texas Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • Professional Career

    Tinsmiths, Coppersmiths, And Sheet Metal Workers
  • 07/22
    2010

    Death

    July 22, 2010
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1925, in the year that Leon S Cheek was born, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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In 1935, when he was merely 10 years old, the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
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