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Thomas, J. T.

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Whitmore, Roxton, 1889-1976

Roxton Whitmore was born February 13, 1889 in Overton. Nevada, then part of Lincoln County, to Eva and Brighman Whitmore. He grew up in the area and married his wife Adella Gentry in St. Thomas on July 3, 1910. Whitmore worked as a rancher and butcher and as a magnesite miner. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and they had several children, all born in St. Thomas. He served as the last postmaster of St. Thomas before the city was flooded. He died in Overton on May 1, 1976 and was buried at the St. Thomas Cemetery.

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Turner, Warren V., 1898-1983

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Spiess, Erick R., 1919-2016

Erick Robert Spiess was born May 29, 1919 to Lola and Erick Spiess in Kentucky. He later served in the military during World War II. He married Margaret Brown on August 10, 1944 in Lake Charles, Louisiana and the couple later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. He died in Baltimore, Maryland on November 23, 2016.

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Cody, Agnes

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Townsend, Arthur, 1923-1995

Arthur Sharpe Townsend was born to Winnie and James Townsend on November 8, 1923 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 and worked in gambling and security. He died on July 27, 1995 in Las Vegas.

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Tubb, Robert M., 1906-1980

Robert Montgomery Tubb Jr. was born to Kathryn “Kitty” Marbaker and Robert Tubb on May 16, 1906 in Crown King, Arizona. The family lived in Ash Meadows, Nevada and operated a general store and other shops at Death Valley Junction. His parents divorced, both remained in the area. He married Lorraine Joyce McHenry in 1932 in Los Angeles, California. Tubb later returned to Nevada and lived in Ash Meadows. He died on August 30, 1980.

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Thompson, Dorothy, 1894-1981

Dorothy Loheding was born to Bertina Shoemaker and Fred Lohrding on January 16, 1894 in Kansas. She married Claude W. Thompson (1890-1973) in 1919. They later lived in Caliente in Lincoln County, Nevada. By 1940, the couple lived in Las Vegas where Claude worked as a brakeman for the railroad. Dorothy Thompson died in Las Vegas on October 9, 1981.

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