Billy smith
25 December 1955–13 June 2001 (Age 45)
Wiggins, Leake, Mississippi, United States
The Life Summary of Billy
Billy smith was born on 25 December 1955, in Wiggins, Leake, Mississippi, United States as the son of Fred Leverette and Mary Leverette. He died on 13 June 2001, in Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 45.
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Family Time Line
Fred Leverette
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Mary Leverette
1936–2010
Billy smith
1955–2001
Parents and Siblings
World Events (3)
1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act
Age 1
1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act
Age 1
With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.
1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space
Age 3
1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space
Age 3
Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.
1964 · The Freedom Summer Murders
Age 9
1964 · The Freedom Summer Murders
Age 9
In what is called the Freedom Summer Murders, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, three civil rights workers, were shot in Neshoba County, Mississippi. They were campaigning to register African Americans in Mississippi to vote. It was determined that the murderers were members of the KKK and Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metalworking was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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