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Welcome to this world, Arlene and Arthur Hughes Jr. Born to Arthur Hughes Sr. and Edith Esther Pierce.
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Her paternal grandmother died, when she was only 2 weeks old.
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. Started gradually, eventually led to the death of millions.
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Arlene wasn't an only child. She had one sibling, her twin brother JR. This is them when they were about 4 years old, out at their uncles farm.
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WWII finally ends. She remembers walking through the streets with her brother and uncle and seeing people throw toilet paper (like streamers) out the windows in celebration.
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At age 15, she started her 1st job as a ticket taker at the Vogue Theatre.
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The day she married the love of her life, and became Mr and Mrs. Harold Wickersham.
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Her 1st baby boy was born.
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Arlene and Harold had twins.
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The start of a nasty 9 year war. Arlene had many cousins in the war and a lot of them didn't come home. One of her 2nd cousins jet was shot down and they didn't even find the wreckage til years later.
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They had their 1st and only baby girl.
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Their last child was born.
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When this happened, she was listening to the radio. She just started crying. From sadness and lost hope because she knew VP Lyndon B. Johnson would mess everything up.
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While standing on the balcony of his motel room, he was hit by a snipper bullet without warning.
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Father died of a ruptured gallbladder.
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Her mother died from extreme illness. (Ashtma and chronic bronchitis).
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Her husband Harold retired and they started going to Texas for the winter.
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Harold was diagnosed with lung cancer, which ended their Texas vacations.
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Died of a heart aneurysm. He was already in the hospital with a broken rib.
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Her husband died from lung cancer.
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Terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York, sparked the War on Terror.
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She married her 2nd husband Richard, to become Mrs. Arlene Hoeffner.
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Her 2nd husband died, also of Lung Cancer.
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Meeting Arlene was one of the happiest days of my life. We didn't talk that long, but we laughed a lot in that short time. She's been through a lot in her life and she's still smiling. She really is an inspiration.
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Not finishing high school.
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Finish high school and get an education. DONT just stop at high school, go to college.
