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McDonald, Suziliene
Suzilene McDonald and Jerushia McDonald Hylton grew up on Las Vegas' Westside. It was a family of five children with entrepreneurial parents who worked hard to provide for their family. Dad was also a highly regarded saxophone player in the community. The musical talent ran in the family, as did beauty. Both Jerushia and Suzilene enjoyed life as entertainers and also as successful fashion models in magazines and catalogues. Their careers took them to the far reaches of the world and introduced them to a celebrity-studded experience.
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Booth, Howard G.
Howard Booth was born on May 15, 1927 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He grew up in New Jersey, and served in the United States Army during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Booth moved to Nevada in 1957, and worked as a meteorologist at the Nevada Test Site until his retirement in 1983. Booth was an active conservationist and environmentalist and helped to turn Red Rock Canyon into a National Conservation Area.
Booth passed away in Boulder City, Nevada on August 16, 2017.
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Esau, Esper, 1929-
A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Esper Esau studied art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology before joining the military. After his discharge, he started working as a stage crewman on productions in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was there that he met his future wife, Valda Boyne, who was a dancer in Lido de Paris. Esper continued to work in the theater, eventually progressing to stage manager and assistant director of entertainment. He wrote a book called Las Vegas' Golden Era: Memoirs 1954-1974 that was published in 2016.
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Roth, Jerry H., 1941-
Jerry H. Roth was a Las Vegas, Nevada boxing judge. Roth was born on May 12, 1941 in Las Vegas and started working for the Nevada Athletic Commission at the Silver Slipper Hotel and Casino. He worked on 225 world title fights including Oscar De La Hoya versus Félix Trinidad in 1999 and Mike Tyson versus Evander Holyfield in 1996.
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Bunker, Lucile Whitehead, 1907-1988
Lucile Whitehead Bunker was born November 23, 1907 in Overton, Nevada. Her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when she was four years old, but moved back to Overton so that she could finish grade school before starting high school. After graduating from high school, Bunker worked at a law firm in research for a year so that she could attend the University of Nevada, Reno. She married her husband, Berkeley L. Bunker, on December 29, 1932. She moved around with him while he was involved with politics, even living in Washington, D.C. for a few years.
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McGee, Trula E., 1952-
Trula McGee grew up in a military family where children were well behaved, intelligent, and an asset to the family's community representation. She migrated to Las Vegas in 1952 and lived for a short time in Carver Park in Henderson and attended Basic High School. McGee lived on the Westside as a young adult and remembers the Golden West Shopping Center, Reubens Supper Club (H and Owens), Larry's Sight and Sound, and other Westside locations. The family shopped for clothing at Sears and JC Penney in the downtown area.
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