Lyle Emerson Bettis

Male11 August 1953–8 July 2007

Brief Life History of Lyle Emerson

When Lyle Emerson Bettis was born on 11 August 1953, in Michigan, United States, his father, Robert Lyle Bettis, was 27 and his mother, Alice Lorraine Bergey, was 22. He died on 8 July 2007, in Cheboygan, Cheboygan, Michigan, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Mullett Lake, Inverness Township, Cheboygan, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lyle Bettis
1925–2005
Alice Lorraine Bergey
1931–2011
Lyle Emerson Bettis
1953–2007

Sources (6)

  • Lyle Emerson Bettis, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lyle Bettis in entry for Alice L Bettis, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • Lyle Emerson Bettis, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1954 · Worlds Largest Christmas Store

Age 1

Wally Bronner opened what would become the world's largest Christmas Store in 1954 as a result of successfully creating custom Christmas panels for city lampposts. Since then, the Frankenmuth store has expanded to a 27 acre landscaped lot with over 50,000 Christmas related items in his store. Bronner's attracts over two million guests per year.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

Age 2

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.

1968

Age 15

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. , is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Betts (see also Bett ), or possibly a topographic name meaning ‘(dweller) by the hollows’, from Old English bytt ‘butt, cask, flagon, womb’, used topographically like Old English byden ‘butt’ (compare Bidwell ).

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

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