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Charlie Will Parker
September 21, 1927 – May 3, 2002
Lived 74 years
Nances Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery · Anniston, Alabama
“Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” “A life that touches others goes on forever.”
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1927
Born September 21
1928
Charlie was 1 when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
1939
Charlie was 12 when World War II began in Europe
1942
Charlie was 15 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1950
Charlie was 23 when the Korean War began
1962
Charlie was 35 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1971
Charlie was 44 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Charlie was 55 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
Charlie was 71 when Google was founded
2001
Charlie was 74 when Apple introduced the iPod
2002
Passed away May 3, age 74
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