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Rufus Sankey 1920 - 1998

Rufus Sankey of Lapine, Montgomery County, AL was born on February 26, 1920, and died at age 78 years old on March 5, 1998.

Rufus Sankey

Lapine, Montgomery County, AL 36046

February 26, 1920

March 5, 1998

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Rufus Sankey's parents Lucious Sankey and Ida Davis Sankey, born in Montgomery County, Al. Lived in Lapine,Al for 70 years. He was married to Lillie Mae Sankey; he was a father of 9 children. Ruby, Laura, Opal, John, Ethel, Clara, Willie, Joe and Jean He was a grandfather of 54 granchildren. A business owner, wise man, strong and resilient. Known as loving husband Protector of family Sharing and kind-hearted Motto: Once a man and twice a child Likes: Providing for his Family and family unity and family dinners. DISLIKES: A man that didn't provide for his family.
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Rufus Sankey lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.

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In 1920, in the year that Rufus Sankey was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.

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In 1931, Rufus was only 11 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.

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