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Thomas Gene "Tommy" Routon 1956 - 1982

Thomas Gene Routon was born on December 19, 1956 in Young County, Texas United States to Sam B. Routon and Martha Lorene "Lorene" (Ward) Canada, and had siblings Debora Kay (Routon) Wilson, Russell Barnette Routon, and Sherry Routon. He married Debbie Jo (Kellar) Routon, and had children Buddy James Routon and Shanna Routon. Thomas Routon died at age 25 years old on January 24, 1982 in Quitman, Wood County.
Thomas Gene Routon
December 19, 1956
Young County, Texas, United States
January 24, 1982
Quitman, Wood County, Texas, 75783, United States
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  • 12/19
    1956

    Birthday

    December 19, 1956
    Birthdate
    Young County, Texas United States
    Birthplace
  • 01/24
    1982

    Death

    January 24, 1982
    Death date
    Oil Field Accident
    Cause of death
    Quitman, Wood County, Texas 75783, United States
    Death location
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    Thomas Gene "Tommy" Routon lived 48 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 25.
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In 1956, in the year that Thomas Gene "Tommy" Routon was born, this was the year that the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, became an international sensation. He began the year as a regional favorite and ended the year with 17 recordings having been on the Billboard’s Top 100 singles chart, 11 TV appearances, and a movie. Elvis scandalized adults and thrilled teens.
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In 1964, by the time he was just 8 years old, in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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