Theonia Banks Coleman
Updated Jul 14, 2017
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Theonia Banks Coleman (1937 - 1997)

Theonia Banks Coleman was born on May 29, 1937. Theonia died on January 3, 1997 at 59 years old. Theonia was buried in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Section EE Site 17648, Memphis, Tn.
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Theonia Banks Coleman Biography & Family History

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Burial / Funeral

West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery
Section EE Site 17648,
4000 Forest Hill-irene Rd, Memphis, Tn

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Last Known Residence

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Average Age

Theonia Banks Coleman lived 9 years shorter than the average Coleman family member when they died at the age of 59.

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Military Service

Branch of service: Us Army
Rank attained: PFC
Wars/Conflicts: Korea

Middle name

Banks

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Theresa, Beverly, and Dorothy Baham Family Tree 2

Theresa, Beverly, and Dorothy Baham Family Tree 2

Carolyn Leigh and cast of Little Me

Carolyn Leigh and cast of Little Me

Carolyn Leigh and Cy Coleman

Carolyn Leigh and Cy Coleman

Florence Emily May Coleman

Florence Emily May Coleman

Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman

Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman

Stanley Urbanski

Stanley Urbanski

Sandra K Coleman

Sandra K Coleman

Sandra K Coleman

Sandra K Coleman

Marge Davis, Emily Coleman and Fern Poe

Marge Davis, Emily Coleman and Fern Poe

Coleman Family

Coleman Family

Ralph Fowler Coleman

Ralph Fowler Coleman

Ralph Fowler Coleman

Ralph Fowler Coleman

Ralph Fowler Coleman

Ralph Fowler Coleman

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Louella Coleman Theresa, Beverly, and Dorothy Baham Family Tree 2 Carolyn Leigh and cast of Little Me Carolyn Leigh and Cy Coleman

Timeline

1937 - In the year that Theonia Banks Coleman was born, on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.

1952 - Theonia was merely 15 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.

1972 - Theonia was 35 years old when on November 7th, Richard Nixon won re-election, amidst the dawning knowledge of the Watergate scandal, by 60.7% to anti-war candidate George McGovern's 37.5%.

1979 - By the time this person was 42 years old, on March 28th, a partial nuclear meltdown occurred at the power plant at Three Mile Island Pennsylvania. Radiation leaked into the environment, resulting in a rating of 5 on a scale of 7 ("Accident With Wider Consequences") . It ended up costing $1 billion to clean up the site.

1997 - In the year of Theonia Banks Coleman's passing, on July 1st, Hong Kong was returned to China. In 1898, Great Britain was awarded Hong Kong for 99 years. In a subsequent agreement, China agreed to allow Hong Kong to remain capitalist. So the handing over of the area ended British rule but did not change the economic system of Hong Kong.

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Theonia Banks Coleman died on January 3, 1997 at 59 years of age. No cause of death has been listed for Theonia. Theonia was buried in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Section EE Site 17648, Memphis, Tn. Theonia was born on May 29, 1937. We have no information about Theonia's family.

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Source(s): Social Security Death Index and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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