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Amie, Curtis Rufus, Sr., 1927-
Curtis Rufus Amie, Sr. was born April 27, 1927 in Marshall, Texas.
Amie made it through eleventh grade and then graduated miner's training school to become a miner. Amie was the first African-American driller and blaster at the Nevada Test Site. He retired in 1978.
He was a Boy Scout Troop Leader for Troop #67 from 1958 to 1965.
He owned a Dairy Queen franchise store from 1973 to 1982.
Amie was an United States Army Sargent from 1946 to 1949 with an honorable discharge.
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Lytle, Mary Virginia Perkins, 1883-1970
Midwife Mary Virginia Perkins Lytle was born on June 21, 1883, in Overton, Nevada, a community that would become her life-long home. In 1904 she married John Lytle. Their daughter Genevieve was the first child born in Las Vegas, Nevada. After suffering the loss of her first three children, Lytle realized the need for a doctor or nurse in the isolated Southern Nevada region. She traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah, and trained in obstetrics.
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