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Robert Edward Woodruff 1933 - 2007

Robert Edward Woodruff was born on December 8, 1933 in Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia United States. He was married to Mary (Taylor) Woodruff in 1955 in Richmond, Richmond County, and they were together until Robert's death on October 26, 2007 in Jarratt, Sussex County. He had children Brett David Woodruff and Lori Ann Hopewell. Robert Woodruff was buried on October 29, 2007 in Skippers, Greensville County.
Robert Edward Woodruff
December 8, 1933
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia, United States
October 26, 2007
Jarratt, Sussex County, Virginia, 23867, United States
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  • 12/8
    1933

    Birthday

    December 8, 1933
    Birthdate
    Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia United States
    Birthplace
  • 10/26
    2007

    Death

    October 26, 2007
    Death date
    Pulmonary hypertension
    Cause of death
    Jarratt, Sussex County, Virginia 23867, United States
    Death location
  • 10/29
    2007

    Gravesite & Burial

    October 29, 2007
    Funeral date
    Skippers, Greensville County, Virginia 23847, United States
    Burial location
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    Robert Edward Woodruff lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1933, in the year that Robert Edward Woodruff was born, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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In 1948, Robert was merely 15 years old when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.
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Mary (Taylor) Woodruff

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Robert Edward Woodruff

1955
Marriage date
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia United States
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Robert's Death
Cause of Separation
October 26, 2007
Robert's death date
Jarratt, Sussex County, Virginia, 23867 United States
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