Loving Wife and Mother
Deborah Lynn Dempsey
July 10, 1954 – August 21, 2025
Lived 71 years
Fayetteville, TN
Now she flies with the butterflies
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1954
Born July 10
1959
Deborah was 5 when Barbie made her debut
1969
Deborah was 15 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1974
Deborah was 20 when Richard Nixon resigned the presidency
1982
Deborah was 28 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1997
Deborah was 43 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2005
Deborah was 51 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Deborah was 56 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2022
Deborah was 68 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2025
Passed away August 21, age 71
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