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Helen Earline SpenceAge: 90 years19202010

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Helen Earline Spence
Given names
Helen Earline
Surname
Spence
Married name
Helen Earline Bruss
Birth October 9, 1920 21
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 29 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a motherHattie A Jackson
December 3, 1990 (Age 70 years)

Death November 16, 2010 (Age 90 years)
Cremationunknown

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Helen Earline Spence
Birth: October 9, 1920 21Middlebrook, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 16, 2010Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States
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John Lloyd Shemwell
Birth: September 13, 1894 37 24Pitman, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 22, 1973Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
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Helen Earline Spence
Birth: October 9, 1920 21Middlebrook, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 16, 2010Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States

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