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Merle Antoniette Townes 1915 - 1978

Merle Antoniette Townes of Malakoff, Henderson County, TX was born on March 22, 1915, and died at age 63 years old on July 3, 1978. Merle Townes was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section PF Site 259 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio.

Merle Antoniette Townes
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Malakoff, Henderson County, TX 75148
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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: BRIG GEN Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
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In 1915, in the year that Merle Antoniette Townes was born, the Superior Court in Fulton County Georgia accepted the charter for the establishment of the new Ku Klux Klan, succeeding the Klan that flourished in the South in the late 1800's. This iteration of the Klan adopted white clothing and used many of the code words from the first Klan, adding cross burnings and mass marches in an attempt to intimidate others.
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In 1934, he was 19 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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Townes, Nora (Dec 31, 1900 - Sep 30, 1989) Townes, Maurice (Mar 18, 1900 - Oct 1978) Townes, Charles (Apr 30, 1890 - Feb 1966) Townes, Leslie (Sep 23, 1924 - Mar 4, 2001) Townes, Julia (Oct 17, 1899 - May 26, 1989) Townes, Alfred (Sep 22, 1896 - Nov 1979) Townes, Helen (Feb 9, 1915 - Nov 1979) Townes, Nellie (Mar 30, 1896 - Feb 1980) Townes, Alice (Aug 26, 1910 - Sep 26, 1996) Townes, Donald (Apr 10, 1953 - May 8, 1975)
Townes, Merle (Oct 1, 1890 - Mar 1979) Townes, Eugene (Jun 2, 1911 - Sep 1986) Townes, Carl (Jun 30, 1917 - Sep 22, 2006) Townes, Fred (May 27, 1880 - Apr 1967) Townes, Harold (Jun 12, 1909 - Dec 24, 2003) Townes, Paul (Dec 24, 1912 - Oct 24, 1988) Townes, Hilma (Jul 25, 1916 - Jan 26, 1998) Townes, Eva (Oct 30, 1894 - Dec 1980) Townes, Phyllis (Sep 27, 1918 - Jul 21, 2001) Townes, Martha (Dec 29, 1921 - Sep 11, 1988)
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