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Tressie Phipps Curtis 1917 - 2005

Tressie Phipps Curtis of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on December 9, 1917, and died at age 87 years old on April 12, 2005. Tressie Curtis was buried at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Section HH Site 16780 4000 Forest Hill-irene Rd, in Memphis.

Tressie Phipps Curtis
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Memphis, Shelby County, TN 38116
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December 9, 1917
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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: TEC 5 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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In 1917, in the year that Tressie Phipps Curtis was born, it is believed that a worldwide influenza pandemic began in Asia. By 1920, it is estimated that 50 - 100 million died throughout the world (3 - 5% of the population). In the U.S. alone, 500,000 perished from what came to be called the Spanish Flu or the 1918 flu.
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In 1925, when she was just 8 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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