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Ruby B Sowell 1919 - 1999

Ruby B Sowell of Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC was born on October 17, 1919, and died at age 79 years old on September 25, 1999.
Ruby B Sowell
Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC 29720
October 17, 1919
September 25, 1999
Female
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  • 10/17
    1919

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    October 17, 1919
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  • 09/25
    1999

    Death

    September 25, 1999
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    Ruby B Sowell lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1919, in the year that Ruby B Sowell was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1921, at the age of merely 2 years old, Ruby was alive when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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