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Shirley Matthews Hester 1927 - 2003

Shirley Matthews Hester of Tucker, Dekalb County, GA was born on February 22, 1927, and died at age 75 years old on January 21, 2003. Shirley Hester was buried at Georgia National Cemetery Section 7C Site 100 2025 Mount Carmel Church Lane, in Canton.
Shirley Matthews Hester
Tucker, Dekalb County, GA 30084
February 22, 1927
January 21, 2003
Female
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  • 02/22
    1927

    Birthday

    February 22, 1927
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Air Forces Rank attained: SGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 01/21
    2003

    Death

    January 21, 2003
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    Georgia National Cemetery Section 7C Site 100 2025 Mount Carmel Church Lane, in Canton, Ga 30114
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In 1927, in the year that Shirley Matthews Hester was born, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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In 1934, at the age of just 7 years old, Shirley was alive when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
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