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Orval James Vandever 1917 - 2005

Orval James Vandever of Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, OK was born on June 15, 1917, and died at age 88 years old on August 27, 2005.
Orval James Vandever
Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, OK 74801
June 15, 1917
August 27, 2005
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    Orval Vandever was born in Jayton Kent Co Texas Source: Texas Birth Certificates He was married to Mary Evelyn Shelton 24 Nov 1936 in Tecumseh Pottawatomie Co Oklahoma. They had 1 child that is known: Carl James Vandever. All 3 are listed on Find-A-Grave. They are buried at Tecumseh Cemetery in Tecumseh Pottawatomie Co Oklahoma Orval Vandever was buried 30 Aug 2005 - Shawnee News-Star Obit.
  • 06/15
    1917

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    June 15, 1917
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  • 08/27
    2005

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    August 27, 2005
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    Orval James Vandever lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1917, in the year that Orval James Vandever 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 1941, at the age of 24 years old, Orval was alive when in his State of the Union address on January 6th, President Roosevelt detailed the "four freedoms" that everyone in the world should have: Freedom of speech, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want, and Freedom from fear. In the same speech, he outlined the benefits of democracy which he said were economic opportunity, employment, social security, and the promise of "adequate health care".
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