Brief Life History of Horace
When Horace Yoon was born on 26 April 1919, in Cross, Arkansas, United States, his father, Harvey Yoon, was 26 and his mother, Mary Mattie Moore, was 19. He married Kerra Dell Wahurton in 1948. He died on 28 May 1977, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Memphis National Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States.
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- Horace Yoon, "United States Census, 1950"
- Horace Yoon, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Horace Yoon in entry for Mrs Kerra Yoon, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Jung, Sung, Jae, Won, Jong, Sang, Kyung, Yong, Suk, Dong, Kwang. Korean Byung, Chang, Chul, Chong, Jeong, Chung, Dae, Hae, Byung Ho, Nam, Seok, Byung Hoon.
Korean: variant of Yun .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 阮, see Ruan 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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