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Thayer, Jennilee Gibson, 1931-2012
Jennilee Gibson Thayer was born in McGill, Nevada on October 24, 1931 to Fred D. and May Emma Gibson. She lived most of her life in Henderson, Nevada with her husband, Robert "Red" Thayer. She died on November 19, 2012 in Henderson.
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"Jennilee Thayer." Las Vegas Review-Journal. November 2012. Accessed March 12, 2020. https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=jennilee-thayer&pid=161188488&fhid=12181
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Washington, David L., 1950?-
David L. Washington was born in Delhi, Louisiana around 1950. Washington then grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and eventually began his career as a firefighter in 1974. In 2001, he became the first African American fire chief for the City of Las Vegas.
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Griffin, Johnny, 1950-
Johnny Griffin was born in Greenville, Mississippi on September 27, 1950. Johnny Griffin moved to Las Vegas in 1982, after attending Jackson State University on a golf scholarship.
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Kiley, Ruth J., 1944-
Ruth Jane Kiley was born in Newark, New Jersey, and lived in California and New York before her
family moved to Las Vegas in 1957, when Ruth was thirteen. Ruth worked in the insurance business for almost thirty years, dealing with casinos during the most expansive period of the city's growth.
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Faiss, Linda C., 1943-
Linda Faiss, Helen Foley, and Melissa Warren founded and run Faiss Foley Warren Public Relations and Public Affairs.
Linda Faiss was born in 1943 and first moved to Nevada in 1945 growing up in Carson City. She is currently active with St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, Boulder City Hospital, Nevadans for the Common good and the MOB museum.
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