Mary Elizabeth Thomas
Updated Feb 06, 2019
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Mary Elizabeth Thomas (1940 - 2011)

Mary Elizabeth Thomas was born on March 30, 1940 in Bastrop, Louisiana. She married Tobie Franlkin Shadic. She died on October 10, 2011 at Avalon Place, Monroe, Louisiana at 71 years old. Her family lists the cause of death as: heart Attack.
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Birth

 in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish County, Louisiana United States

Death

 on at Avalon Place, in Monroe, Ouachita Parish County, Louisiana United States
Cause of death: Heart Attack

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Mary Elizabeth Thomas lived 2 years longer than the average Thomas family member when she died at the age of 71.

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Husband: Tobie Franlkin Shadic

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1940 - In the year that Mary Elizabeth Thomas was born, on September 16th, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, was enacted - the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Men between 21 and 36 were required to register with their draft boards. When World War II began, men between 18 and 45 were subject to service and men up to 65 were required to register.

1945 - Mary was only 5 years old when on June 22nd, the Battle of Okinawa ended. A joint Army and Marine campaign, supported by the Navy, the Battle of Okinawa went on for 82 days. The last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was defeated. 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel were killed in the battle on the US side. It is estimated that 110,071 on the Japanese side were killed - the estimate includes Okinawan citizens who were pressed into service and includes children. With the win of Okinawa, the United States gained an important base of operations in the Pacific.

1967 - When she was 27 years old, on November 7th, President Johnson signed legislation passed by Congress that created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which would later become PBS and NPR. The legislation required CPB to operate with a "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature".

1968 - By the time she was 28 years old, on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. public began to turn against the war.

1979 - She was 39 years old when on November 4th, Iranian militant students seized the US embassy in Teheran and held 52 American citizens and diplomats hostage for 444 days. They were released at the end of the inauguration speech of the newly elected Ronald Reagan.

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Mary Elizabeth Thomas passed away on October 10, 2011 at Avalon Place, Monroe, Louisiana at 71 years of age. Her family lists the cause of death as: heart Attack. She was born on March 30, 1940 in Bastrop, Louisiana. She married Tobie Franlkin Shadic.

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