The Shemwell Family

Ova Bee Clarice WalkerAge: 81 years19161998

Name
Ova Bee Clarice Walker
Given names
Ova Bee Clarice
Surname
Walker
Married name
Ova Bee Clarice Jones
Birth December 16, 1916 22 17
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 days)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 12 months)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Birth of a sisterEloise Maloi Walker
May 14, 1919 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMollie Juanita Walker
December 8, 1922 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherBrandon “Mac” Walker
July 30, 1929 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 11, 1930 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterNorma Jean Walker
August 6, 1934 (Age 17 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 33 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherLela Bell Hancock
August 30, 1954 (Age 37 years)
Death of a fatherRichard McDaniel “Mack” Walker
July 14, 1962 (Age 45 years)
Death of a husbandGeorge Lynton Jones
June 5, 1969 (Age 52 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 motherGradie Odella Shemwell
August 3, 1991 (Age 74 years)
Death January 23, 1998 (Age 81 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 9, 1916Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
11 months
herself
Ova Bee Clarice Walker
Birth: December 16, 1916 22 17Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 23, 1998Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Eloise Maloi Walker
Birth: May 14, 1919 24 19Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 21, 2008Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger sister
Mollie Juanita Walker
Birth: December 8, 1922 28 23Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 10, 2013Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
7 years
younger brother
Brandon “Mac” Walker
Birth: July 30, 1929 34 29Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 2004
5 years
younger sister
Norma Jean Walker
Birth: August 6, 1934 39 34
Death: February 17, 2020Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Family with George Lynton Jones - View this family
husband
George Lynton Jones
Birth: September 29, 1915Cunningham, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 5, 1969
herself
Ova Bee Clarice Walker
Birth: December 16, 1916 22 17Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 23, 1998Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Richard McDaniel “Mack” Walker - Household

Stewart, Tenn

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Walker, Richard MheadMW35M25TNTNTNFarmer
Walker, Gradie OwifeFW30M16KYUSUS
Walker, Ova BdaughterFW13STNTNKY
Walker, Eloise daughterFW11STNTNKY
Walker, JuanitadaughterFW8STNTNKY
Walker, BrandonsonMW9mSTNTNKY