Willie Mai Vanderpool

Brief Life History of Willie Mai

When Willie Mai Vanderpool was born in 1922, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Charley Swope Vanderpool, was 24 and her mother, Winnie Pearl Massey, was 21. She married Howard Sexton on 3 December 1938, in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States. She lived in Smith, Tennessee, United States in 1930. She died on 20 July 2003, at the age of 81.

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Howard Sexton
1915–
Willie Mai Vanderpool
1922–2003
Marriage: 3 December 1938

Sources (3)

  • Willie Mai Vanderpool in household of Charlie Vanderpool, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Willie Mae Vanderpool, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Willie M Sexton, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1931 · The Parthenon is Built

In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

1944 · The G.I Bill

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.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Dutch Vanderpoel .

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

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