Lester Lee Holley

Brief Life History of Lester Lee

When Lester Lee Holley was born on 1 August 1922, in Ohio, United States, his father, Frank Henry Holley, was 39 and his mother, Mellie Mildred Wakeley, was 34. He married Margaret Allie Sheese on 11 February 1942, in Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Xenia Township, Greene, Ohio, United States in 1950 and Okeechobee, Florida, United States in 2004. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 9 October 2004, at the age of 82, and was buried in Palm City, Martin, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lester Lee Holley
1922–2004
Margaret Allie Sheese
1917–2006
Marriage: 11 February 1942
Mary Pauline Burke
1937–1997
Gary Burke
1938–
Patrick Keith Holley
1947–2017

Sources (11)

  • Lester Lee Halley, Sr, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lester Lee Holley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Lester L Holley, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"

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.

1925

Historical Boundaries: 1925: Martin, Florida, United States

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

English:

nickname from Middle English hol ‘hollow’ + eie, egh(e) ‘eye’ (Old English hol + ēage), perhaps a nickname for someone with a missing eye.

topographic name for someone who lived by a ‘clearing in a hollow’, from Middle English hol ‘hollow’ + lei(e) ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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