In loving memory
Yvonne Davenport Doty
January 8, 1929 – December 5, 2023
Lived 94 years
Dallas, TX
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1929
Born January 8
1929
Born in Mobile, AL on January 8, 1929, the youngest child of parents Lesta Linder Davenport and Berthold Davenport.
1939
Yvonne was 10 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Yvonne was 13 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1946
Graduated William Adams High School
1948
Married a Navy sailor, Lloyd Allen “Bud” Doty, Jr.
1949
Birth of Daughter, Dinah Kay Doty Hays
1950
Graduated College Texas Women’s University
1958
Yvonne was 29 when Jack Kilby demonstrated the first integrated circuit in Dallas
1969
Yvonne was 40 when Apollo 11 landed on the Moon
1976
Yvonne was 47 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1989
Yvonne was 60 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1998
Yvonne was 69 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2004
Yvonne was 75 when Facebook was launched
2017
Yvonne was 88 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2022
Yvonne was 93 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2023
Passed away December 5, age 94
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