Winder Bostic

Male10 June 1943–November 2017

Brief Life History of Winder

Winder Bostic was born on 10 June 1943. He died in November 2017, in Cottonwood, Houston, Alabama, United States, at the age of 74.

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    World Events (3)

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 1

    The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

    1945 · Peace in a Post War World

    Age 2

    The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

    1945 · President Dies from Cerebral hemorrhage

    Age 2

    Franklin D. Roosevelt dies from a cerebral hemorrhage. He died in office shortly after his fourth re-election.

    Name Meaning

    Altered form of English Bostick .

    Slovenian (Bostič, Boštic): patronymic from old short forms of the personal name Sebastjan (see Sebastian ) and its vernacular form Boštjan. In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of a patronymic Boštjančič.

    History: Daniel William Bostic, born 1856 in NC, was the son of James Bostick.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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