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in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States
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The son of Daniel Duffie and Gertrude (Gibson) Duffie, Billie Duffie was born in Saluda County, South Carolina in 1931.[citation needed] By 1940, his family lived and farmed in Floyd Township, South Carolina, in Newberry County.[1][2]
Billie Duffie enlisted in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, enlisting on July 9, 1951 and being discharged on January 31, 1974.[3] While on duty in North Carolina, he married Mildred Anne Pittman (1929-), the daughter of James Leslie Pittman and Minnie Baker, marrying in Wayne County, North Carolina on April 2, 1955.[4] They divorced in Raleigh, North Carolina on February 5, 1979.[5] He remarried later that year, marrying Edna Earle Henderson (1935-2013), the daughter of Clarence Melvin Henderson and Lou Mitchell.
Billie Duffie died of a sudden heart attacked at the Wake County Medical Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the age of 49.[6][7] He is buried at Montlawn Memorial Park in Raleigh, North Carolina.[8]
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↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch[1] : accessed 23 October 2022), South Carolina > Newberry > Township 6 Floyd > 36-21 Township 6 Floyd outside Silverstreet Town S of road 163 > image 14 of 34; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
↑ Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Floyd, Newberry, South Carolina; Roll: 5688; Sheet Number: 1; Enumeration District: 36-34: Township 6, Floyd, outside Silverstreet town: That part east of State Hwy. 56 and, north of Clinton - Newberry Rd.. Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Ancestry Record 62308 #44367696 with attached Image
↑Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.[2]
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ7-3ZRX : 9 March 2021), Billie Duffie and Mildred Ann Pittman, 02 Apr 1955; citing Wayne, North Carolina, United States, p. 7, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 508,749.
↑ North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Divorce Index, 1958-2004. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, 2004. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Divorce Index, 1958-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2008, Ancestry.com Operations Inc.[3]
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1Q8-N68 : 8 January 2021), Billie Duffie, Mar 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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