Brief Life History of Lee Roy
When Lee Roy Meeks was born on 23 April 1895, in Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, United States, his father, Green Andrew Meeks, was 55 and his mother, Margret Ellender Padgett, was 34. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Annie E. Bass. He lived in Suwannee, Suwannee, Florida, United States in 1935 and Falmouth, Suwannee, Florida, United States for about 5 years. He died in February 1985, at the age of 89, and was buried in Bougainvillea Cemetery, Avon Park, Highlands, Florida, United States.
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- L R Meeks, "Florida State Census, 1945"
- Leroy Meeks, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Lee Roy Meeks, "BillionGraves Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906
Historical Boundaries: 1906: Suwannee, Florida, United States
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (Cambridgeshire): variant of Meek , with post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Mix .
Dutch: patronymic from Meek 3.
History: Thomas Meeks (born c. 1624 in London) emigrated to New Haven, CT, in or before 1643. In 17th-century New Haven this surname was also spelled Meekes, Mix, and Mixx.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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