Thomas Lee Waits

Male21 December 1954–25 June 1979

Brief Life History of Thomas Lee

When Thomas Lee Waits was born on 21 December 1954, in Tarrant, Texas, United States, his father, Roy Benjamin Waits, was 44 and his mother, Vera Mae Hewett, was 37. He died on 25 June 1979, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 24, and was buried in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States.

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Roy Benjamin Waits
1910–1965
Vera Mae Hewett
1917–2004
Thomas Lee Waits
1954–1979

Sources (6)

  • Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
  • U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  • Tarrant County, Texas, U.S., Probate Index, 1800-2012

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World Events (8)

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

Age 1

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

1955 · To War in Vietnam

Age 1

The Vietnam War was another civil war brought about from the Cold War. It was fought between the North Vietnamese, who were supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies, and the South Vietnamese, who were supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war caused two more civil wars in Laos and Cambodia and resulted in all three countries becoming communist states.

1962 · The Cuban Missile Crisis

Age 8

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union because of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This confrontation was the closest that the Cold War became a nuclear war.

Name Meaning

English (northern): variant of Waites .

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

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