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Ossie Doakes 1884 - 1983

Ossie Doakes of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama was born on November 26, 1884, and died at age 98 years old in March 1983.
Ossie Doakes
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama 35211
November 26, 1884
March 1983
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  • 11/26
    1884

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    November 26, 1884
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  • 03/dd
    1983

    Death

    March 1983
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    Ossie Doakes lived 31 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1884, in the year that Ossie Doakes was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1932, at the age of 48 years old, Ossie was alive when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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