Oscar James Dowd
Updated Feb 06, 2019
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  2. 2. Biography & Family History
  3. 3. Family Tree & Genealogy
  4. 4. Obituary
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Oscar James Dowd (1919 - 2000)

Oscar James Dowd was born on December 13, 1919 in Caney, Oklahoma USA. He was born to James Clayborn Dowd and Fannie Lee (Burchett) Dowd, with siblings Iverson, Seyborn, Thurman, Edith, and Dora. He married Ruth Gravley in 1966 and Ruth died on April 16, 1988. Oscar died on April 28, 2000 in Owasso, Oklahoma at 80 years of age. His cause of death is listed as: natural causes. He was buried in Floral Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma USA.

His family heritage is believed to be: White.

Oscar's education includes: Home in 1930 Phillips, Coal, Oklahoma, USA at age 10. His occupation and profession is listed as: Farm Laborer in Rural Atoka Oklahoma in 1940 Maintenance Man in Roseville, Placer, California, USA in 1966.

Military service:
ARMY Enlistment Date 21 Dec 1942 Release Date 8 Nov 1945.
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Birth

 in Caney, Atoka County, Oklahoma USA

Death

 on in Owasso, Tulsa County, Oklahoma United States
Cause of death: natural causes

Cause of death

natural causes

Burial / Funeral

at Floral Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, in Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma USA

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Average Age

Oscar James Dowd lived 13 years longer than the average Dowd family member when he died at the age of 80.

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Family

Father: James Clayborn Dowd
Mother: Fannie Lee (Burchett) Dowd
Siblings: Iverson Dowd, Seyborn E Dowd, Thurman Claben Dowd, Edith Lorene (Dowd) Cagle, and Dora Iona (Dowd) White

Wife: Ruth Ardella (Gravley) Morgan

Education

Home in 1930 Phillips, Coal, Oklahoma, USA at age 10

Professions

Farm Laborer in Rural Atoka Oklahoma in 1940
Maintenance Man in Roseville, Placer, California, USA in 1966

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Military Service

ARMY
Enlistment Date 21 Dec 1942
Release Date 8 Nov 1945

Middle name

James

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Ethnicity

White

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Gender

Male

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1919 - In the year that Oscar James Dowd was born, the "Black Sox Scandal" rocked baseball fans during the World Series. Eight players on the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the World Series, thus allowing the Cincinnati Reds to win, and making money off of the losses. All of the players were found not guilty by a jury but the fallout lasted for decades. The players were banned from baseball even though they were found innocent.

1926 - By the time he was only 7 years old, on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).

1934 - When he was only 15 years old, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.

1982 - When he was 63 years old, on June 30th, time ran out on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The Amendment had only received 35 of the necessary 38 state ratifications. First sent to the states in 1972, the Amendment stated that "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex".

1999 - Oscar was 80 years old when on January 1st, the Euro became the new official single currency of the eurozone. It was used by Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain and has since spread in use. Daily, over 337 million Europeans use the euro.

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edit Oscar James Dowd & Ruth Ardella (Gravley) Morgan
1966 - April 16, 1988 (death)
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Ruth Ardella (Gravley) Morgan
Oscar James Dowd & Ruth Ardella (Gravley) Morgan
1966 - April 16, 1988 (death)

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Floral Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Burial Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States of America

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Patricia Walling
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Oscar was my step grandfather and was a very sweet gentle caring man. He had a very southern drawl and when we would leave he would say yall come back now. In the last year of his wife Ruth's life he would go to the nursing home 2 times a day to try to get her to eat. Such a devoted husband he would do anything for her.
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