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Retha I Atwell 1920 - 2005

Retha I Atwell of Abingdon, Washington County, VA was born on March 15, 1920, and died at age 85 years old on April 20, 2005.
Retha I Atwell
Abingdon, Washington County, VA 24210
March 15, 1920
April 20, 2005
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  • 03/15
    1920

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    March 15, 1920
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  • 04/20
    2005

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    April 20, 2005
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    Retha I Atwell lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1920, in the year that Retha I Atwell was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1933, Retha was merely 13 years old when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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