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Note: Dixie Lee Ald was born on November 22, 1928 in Charlotte, Michigan. She was the eldest of two daughters born to her parents Merle Eldred Ald and Deloris Dema Ling. Her father drove an oil truck and later started his own insurance business in Charlotte. Dixie grew up and went to school in the city of Charlotte. She attended an elementary school there called Grammar School, and later went on to Charlotte High School, where graduated. She met her future husband, Edward Cleo Shamp in high school. He was a grade above her. They married shortly after her graduation on October 5, 1947 at the home of her parents in Charlotte, Michigan. They raised a family of four children in Charlotte. In the late 1960’s, Dixie enrolled at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan to earn a Teaching Credential in Elementary Education. She graduated in the early 1970’s. She got a job teaching in the Lansing School system as an elementary school teacher where she worked until she retired in about 1990. Later she went back to school to take additional classes in order to qualify as a reading specialist. In 1990’s, Dixie and Ed moved out of Charlotte and began to divide their time between cottage on Townline Lake in Lakeview, Michigan and Astatula, Florida, near Orlando. Dixie passed away in Florida, on May 5, 2008. Rick Waggener ============== From the 1930 Federal Census of Charlotte City, 1st Ward, Eaton Township, Eaton County, Michigan, district 23-7, sheet 10A, household #265, address- 429 Hall Street; from ancestry.com, image 20 of 24. Dixie is listed in the household of her parents: ------ Dixie Lee; daughter, female, age- 1, born- Michigan, father born- Illinois, mother born- Michigan ============= From the 1940 Federal Census of Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan, district 23-8, sheet 6a, taken April 9-10, 1940, address- 313 W. Harris. Dixie is listed in the household of her parents: Ald, Dixie Lee; daughter, female, age- 11, in school, highest grade completed- 5th, born- Michigan, residence in 1935- same ============= From Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015: Name: Dixie Lee Ald Gender: Female Race: White Birth Year: abt 1929 Birth Place: Charlotte, Michigan Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1947 Marriage Place: Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, USA License County: Eaton Age: 18 Residence Place: Charlotte, Michigan Father: Merle Ald Mother: Delores Dema Ling Spouse: Edward C Shamp County File Number: 274 State File Number: 23 4965 Film: 45 Film Title: 23-Eaton-4660 24-Emmet-1523 Film Description: Eaton (1946) - Emmet (1937) ============= From the Social Security Death Index at ancestry.com: Name: Dixie Lee Shamp SSN: 375-26-6089 Last Residence: 34705 Astatula, Lake, Florida Born: 22 Nov 1928 Last Benefit: 34705 Astatula, Lake, Florida Died: 5 May 2008 State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951) ========== Dixie's death certificate: Office of Vital Statistics Florida Certificate of Death Record #51237808 Name: Dixie Lee Shamp Sex: female Date of birth: November 22, 1928 Age: 79 years Date of death: May 5, 2008 Social Security number: 375-26-6089 Birthplace: Charlotte, Michigan County of death: Lake Place of death: Decedent home; 13713 Woodland Drive, Astatula, Florida In city limits: no Marital status: married Spouse's name: Edward Cleo Shamp Residence: Florida, Lake County, Astatula Address: 13713 Woodland Drive, 34705 Occupation: teacher Type of business: Education Race: white Education: Master's Degree In armed forces: no Father's name: Merel Ald Maiden name of mother: Dema Ling Informant: Edward Cleo Shamp, spouse Address: 13713 Woodland Drive, Astatula, Florida, 34705 Place of disposition: Metro Crematory; Ocoee, Florida Cause of death: Parkinson Disease
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