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Leona A Jones 1931 - 2008

Leona A Jones of Hendersonville, Henderson County, NC was born on December 24, 1931, and died at age 76 years old on February 25, 2008.
Leona A Jones
Hendersonville, Henderson County, NC 28792
December 24, 1931
February 25, 2008
Female
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  • 12/24
    1931

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    December 24, 1931
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  • 02/25
    2008

    Death

    February 25, 2008
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    Leona A Jones lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1931, in the year that Leona A Jones was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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In 1964, she was 33 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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