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Robert Winston Scales was born to Henry Preston and Willie Burkeen Scales on June 22, 1926. [citation needed] The couple owned and managed the Scales & Son Funeral Home; founded by Preston Scales in 1916, the business was the first black-owned funeral home in Murfreesboro and in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Mary Caruthers Scales (September 24, 1928 – October 6, 2013) was a professor, civic leader, and funeral home owner. She was the first black faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University where she taught in the College of Education, and became associate dean there. [ 1 ]
Scales was born in Gainesville, Florida, in 1944, but then "scurried all over the world". [3]His father, Robert Scales, Sr., was a career U.S. Army officer who graduated Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, completed the Engineer Officer Basic Course and worked with amphibious vehicles in Florida, where his parents met, [3] before piloting amphibious landing craft in the Pacific ...
Funeral services for Carter, who died Dec. 29, essentially started Saturday at his home in Plains, Georgia. A procession to Atlanta followed for a moment of silence at the state Capitol Building ...
Six-year-old Roman Mendez (left) and 5-year-old Elias Wolford (right) were wounded during a shooting at the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Butte County on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Actress Danielle Vasinova is opening up about her unique experience with death. In December 2019, months before COVID was declared a pandemic, Vasinova caught the virus. The actress, who will kick ...
Robert de Scales was appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath by Prince Edward whom he accompanied in the Scottish wars [1] and was given an exemption for life from sitting on assizes, juries, etc. against his will. [2] He was summoned to Parliament from 1306 until his death in 1324. [1]
A 2019 survey found that globally, we think old age begins at 66. When asked to describe it, we usually use the term wise (35%), followed by frail (32%), lonely (30%), and respected (25%). People ...