Leatha Mae Shannon was born in Halls, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, on June 23, 1925, the eight child and youngest daughter of farm laborers, Sam and Hettie Shannon. On June 6, 1942, Leatha Mae was two weeks away from her seventeenth birthday when she gave birth to a baby girl, who was named Hedy Lamar Shannon.
Hedy Lamar was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was fathered by a man named John Pleasant, who lived in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Leatha Mae died from syphilis and angina on February 11, 1944, aged 18. While her death certificate states she was buried in Michigan, she also has a headstone in Double Bridges, Tennessee.
Memorial for Leatha Mae Shannon's burial in Warren, Michigan.
227290286∼father Sam Shannon born in TN
mother Nettie Soward born in TN
Hedy Lamar was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was fathered by a man named John Pleasant, who lived in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Leatha Mae died from syphilis and angina on February 11, 1944, aged 18. While her death certificate states she was buried in Michigan, she also has a headstone in Double Bridges, Tennessee.
Memorial for Leatha Mae Shannon's burial in Warren, Michigan.
227290286∼father Sam Shannon born in TN
mother Nettie Soward born in TN
Leatha Mae Shannon was born in Halls, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, on June 23, 1925, the eight child and youngest daughter of farm laborers, Sam and Hettie Shannon. On June 6, 1942, Leatha Mae was two weeks away from her seventeenth birthday when she gave birth to a baby girl, who was named Hedy Lamar Shannon.
Hedy Lamar was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was fathered by a man named John Pleasant, who lived in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Leatha Mae died from syphilis and angina on February 11, 1944, aged 18. While her death certificate states she was buried in Michigan, she also has a headstone in Double Bridges, Tennessee.
Memorial for Leatha Mae Shannon's burial in Warren, Michigan.
227290286∼father Sam Shannon born in TN
mother Nettie Soward born in TN
Hedy Lamar was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was fathered by a man named John Pleasant, who lived in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Leatha Mae died from syphilis and angina on February 11, 1944, aged 18. While her death certificate states she was buried in Michigan, she also has a headstone in Double Bridges, Tennessee.
Memorial for Leatha Mae Shannon's burial in Warren, Michigan.
227290286∼father Sam Shannon born in TN
mother Nettie Soward born in TN
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