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Rosetta (Walk) Graybeal (1922 - 1990)
Rosetta (Walk) Graybeal was born on June 25, 1922 in Kayford, West Virginia. She was born into the Walk family and married into the Graybeal family. She died on August 24, 1990 in Blue Pennant Road , Whitesville , WV., West Virginia at 68 years of age. We know that Rosetta (Walk) Graybeal had been residing in Whitesville, Boone County, West Virginia 25209.
Rosetta (Walk) Graybeal Biography
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Most Commonly Known Name
Rosetta (Walk) Graybeal
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First nameRosetta
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Middle name
Unknown.
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Maiden nameWalk |
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Gender
Female
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Birth
Rosetta Graybeal was born on in Kayford, Kanawha County, West Virginia United States 25075
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Death
Rosetta Graybeal died on in Blue Pennant Road , Whitesville , WV., Boone County, West Virginia United States 25209
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Cause of death
There is no cause of death listed for Rosetta.
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Burial / Funeral
in Orgas, Boone County, West Virginia United States 25148
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Nationality & Locations Lived
Unknown.
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Religion
Unknown. Was Rosetta a religious woman?
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Last Known Residence
Whitesville, Boone County, West Virginia 25209
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Education
Did Rosetta finish grade school, get a GED, go to high school, get a college degree or masters?
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Professions
Homemaker, mother of seven children
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Average Age
Rosetta (Walk) Graybeal lived
3 years shorter than
the average Walk family member
when she died at the age of 68.
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Rosetta Walk
When Rosetta Walk was born on June 25, 1922, in Kayford, West Virginia, her father, Joseph, was 28 and her mother, Virginia Jarrell Walk, was 19. She had one child, Edward Walk, from one relationship in 1945. She then married Lenn Benson Graybeal. Lenn was an automibile mechanic and owned Graybeals Garage in Blue Pennant, West Virginia, where they also lived and had six children together. They were Brenda Kay, Patricia Rose, Lena Gay, James Laverne, Linda Lou and John Benson. She died on August 24, 1990, in Whitesville, West Virginia, at the age of 68, and was buried in Orgas, West Virginia. Lenn Graybeal died 8 months later on April 26, 1991 and was buried with his wife Rose.
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1922 - 1990 World Events
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In 1922, in the year that Rosetta (Walk) Graybeal was born, from October 22nd - 29th, 3,000 men of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party marched on Rome. (Mussolini waited in Milan, he did not participate in the March.) The day after the March Mussolini went to Rome and the King of Italy handed over power to Mussolini, in part because he was supported by the military, the business class, and the right-wing factions of Italy.
In 1954, Rosetta was 32 years old when from April 22 through June 17th, the Army v. McCarthy hearings were held. The U.S. Army accused Roy Cohn (chief counsel to Senator McCarthy and later trusted mentor of Donald Trump) of blackmail. McCarthy and Cohn accused the U.S. Army of harboring communists. The Army allegations were found to be true. The U.S. Senate later censured McCarthy.
In 1976, at the age of 54 years old, Rosetta was alive when on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."
In 1989, she was 67 years old when on January 20th, George Herbert Walker Bush became the 41st President of the United States. Previously Ronald Regan's Vice President, he ran against Michael Dukakis and won the popular vote by 53.4% to 45.6%.
In 1990, in the year of Rosetta (Walk) Graybeal's passing, on April 24th, the Hubble telescope was launched into space after long delays due to the Challenger explosion. An optical flaw was found within weeks of launch but was fixed within three years. The discoveries made possible by the Hubble have contributed to scientists' understanding of the universe.
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