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She was born in Cole, Oklahoma
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She was seven years old when the stock market crashed. This profoundly impacted her family.
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She moved from Cole, Oklahoma to Blevins, AR after the stock market crash so her father could work for the WPA.
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She worked throughout the Great Depression. Her first job was passing out fliers for Franklin Roosevelt's campaign for $.10 per day.
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She worked as a farm keeper for no pay at her family farm. Because she was working she did not attend past 7th grade.
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She married William Lether Shope in Arkadelphia, AR. She was 19 when they married, he was 26.
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The Pearl Harbor attack happened the day after she was married. Her husband was enlisted in the army April 1st, 1942.
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Her first son William Shope Jr. was born in Okolona, AR.
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Her husband was discharged from the war and returned home.
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Her second son, Calvin Jackson Shope, was born in Okolona, AR.
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Her third son, Joe Shope was born in Okolona, AR.
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Her third son, Joe Shope, died due to Blue Baby Syndrome. A surgery was developed for this in 1944, but she did not have access to it.
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Her mother was 67 years old when she died of cancer.
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Her father was 80 when he died of natural causes.
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She was 41 when John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX. She was living in Texarkana, TX at the time.
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She was 61 when her husband died of complications of diabetes.
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Her second son, Calvin Jackson Shope, died when she was 83. He died of natural causes.
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She was 92 when she died of natural causes in Texarkana, TX.
