Gene was the third husband of Mamie Till, whom he married in 1957, and father figure of Emmett Till. He had worked as a barber and a salesman with the Hanley Dawson Cadillac dealership. Gene was a community and civil rights activist. He traveled the country with his wife whenever she spoke on her son's case and remained her greatest supporter until his death. He had two known daughters from a previous marriage.
Gene was the third husband of Mamie Till, whom he married in 1957, and father figure of Emmett Till. He had worked as a barber and a salesman with the Hanley Dawson Cadillac dealership. Gene was a community and civil rights activist. He traveled the country with his wife whenever she spoke on her son's case and remained her greatest supporter until his death. He had two known daughters from a previous marriage.
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