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Willie Edwards 1914 - 1972

Willie Edwards of Candler, Buncombe County, North Carolina was born on May 21, 1914, and died at age 58 years old in August 1972.
Willie Edwards
Candler, Buncombe County, North Carolina 28715
May 21, 1914
August 1972
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  • 05/21
    1914

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    May 21, 1914
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  • 08/dd
    1972

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    August 1972
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    Willie Edwards lived 13 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 58.
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In 1914, in the year that Willie Edwards was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1921, by the time he was merely 7 years old, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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