Sammie Brooks King

Male20 June 1935–26 October 2018

Brief Life History of Sammie Brooks

When Sammie Brooks King was born on 20 June 1935, in Calvert City, Marshall, Kentucky, United States, his father, Elva "Elvie" Dewey King, was 36 and his mother, Ruby Estel Green, was 27. He lived in United States in 1949 and Livingston, Kentucky, United States in 1950. He died on 26 October 2018, in Calvert City, Marshall, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States.

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Sammie Brooks King
1935–2018
Joyce Elaine
1936–1992

Sources (4)

  • Samuel B King, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Sammie Brooks King, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sammey B King in household of Elvie King, "United States Census, 1940"

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World Events (8)

1936 · The Last Public Hanging in Kentucky

Age 1

The hanging of Rainey Bethea on August 14,1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky was the last pubic hanging in the state and the United States. Anywhere from 15,000-20,000 people showed up for this event. The media was all over the hanging since the Sheriff of Davies county was a female, even though she did not pull levers. Because of the media coverage and the circus it caused, this was the last hanging.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

Age 2

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space

Age 23

Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English king ‘king’ (Old English cyning, cyng), perhaps acquired by someone with kingly qualities or as a pageant name by someone who had acted the part of a king or had been chosen as the master of ceremonies or ‘king’ of an event such as a tournament, festival or folk ritual. In North America, the surname King has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig ) and Küng, French Roy , Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Kralj , Polish Krol . It is also very common among African Americans. It is also found as an artificial Jewish surname.

English: occasionally from the Middle English personal name King, originally an Old English nickname from the vocabulary word cyning, cyng ‘king’.

Irish: adopted for a variety of names containing the syllable rí (which means ‘king’ in Irish).

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

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