Flonnie Geneva Babb

Brief Life History of Flonnie Geneva

When Flonnie Geneva Babb was born on 22 September 1928, in Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States, her father, Rev Robert Barney Babb, was 39 and her mother, Stella Mae Honeycutt, was 28. She married Archie Sexton on 28 April 1946, in Scott, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Civil District 5, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Civil District 5, Scott, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 1 November 2007, in Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Archie Sexton
1916–1974
Flonnie Geneva Babb
1928–2007
Marriage: 28 April 1946
Paul T. Sexton
1947–2014

Sources (14)

  • Flonie G Babb in household of Rob Babb, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Jenevie Babb, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • Flonnie G Sexton, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

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. 

1949 · NATO is Established

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.

Name Meaning

English (Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall): from the Middle English personal name Babb(e), usually no doubt a pet form of the female personal name Barbara (see Barbara ), but possibly in some cases a survival of the Old English personal name Babba, which is found in several placenames, including Babbacombe in Devon and Babington in Somerset.

English (Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall): from Middle English babe ‘infant, young child’, applied as a nickname.

Americanized form of German Bobb or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.

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

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