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Merle Junior Foster 1944–1979 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Feb 1944

Birth Location: Sallisaw, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States

Death Date: 2 Jun 1979

Death Location: Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

Father: Ollie Foster

Mother: Amanda Gray

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Merle Junior Foster was born in 1944 in Sallisaw, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States, the child of Ollie Merle Foster And Amanda Elizabeth Gray. Merle Junior Foster passed away in 1979 in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States.

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Biography

  • Merle Junior Foster was born in 1944 in Sallisaw, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States, the child of Ollie Merle Foster And Amanda Elizabeth Gray.
  • Merle Junior Foster passed away in 1979 in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States.

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Merle Foster's Ancestors

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Merle Foster
1944–1979
Birth Place: Sallisaw, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States
Parents
Ollie Merle Foster
1907–1968
, , Arkansas, USA
Amanda (Elizabeth) Gray
1910–1990
Brushy, Scott, Arkansas, USA
Grandparents
James (David) GRAY
1866–1928
Arkansas City, Arkansas, USA
Estella ((aka Stella) Fannie) LEISTER
1871–1960
Oakland City, Gibson County, Indiana
Great-Grandparents
John GRAY
1827–1910
Amanda CANNON
1834–1915
David Dr.
1840–1901
Elizabeth Doughty
1847–1915
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William CANNON
1797–1875
Minerva DUPREE
1805–1881
William Leister
1815–1884
Mary (RODGERS)
1822–1911
Leeds Doughty
1806–1895
Elizabeth Daley
1806–1893

Merle Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1944
13 Feb 1944
Birth of Merle Junior Foster in Sallisaw, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States
Sallisaw, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States
1979
2 Jun 1979
Age 35
Death of Merle Junior Foster in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1944
    Event Place: Sallisaw, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Jun 1979
    Event Place: Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

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