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Ruby K Hemphill 1915 - 2004

Ruby K Hemphill of Morganton, Burke County, NC was born on November 12, 1915, and died at age 88 years old on July 25, 2004.
Ruby K Hemphill
Morganton, Burke County, NC 28655
November 12, 1915
July 25, 2004
Female
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Ruby K Hemphill's History: 1915 - 2004

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  • 11/12
    1915

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    November 12, 1915
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  • 07/25
    2004

    Death

    July 25, 2004
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    Ruby K Hemphill lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1915, in the year that Ruby K Hemphill was born, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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In 1924, at the age of just 9 years old, Ruby was alive when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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