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In loving memory of Roscoe B. McKinney Jr. & Eloise McKinney
Roscoe & Eloise McKinney Jr.
December 6, 1938 – November 7, 2020
Lived 81 years
Nixon, TX
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Moore sisters singing
Music sung by Eloise McKinney
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The world Roscoe knew
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1938
Born December 6
1939
Roscoe was 1 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1944
Roscoe was 6 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1958
Roscoe was 20 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1965
Roscoe was 27 when the Houston Astrodome opened
1975
Roscoe was 37 when Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War
1982
Roscoe was 44 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1995
Roscoe was 57 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2001
Roscoe was 63 when Apple introduced the iPod
2014
Roscoe was 76 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
Passed away November 7, age 81
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