The Shemwell Family

Alice Bernice HughesAge: 95 years19202015

Name
Alice Bernice Hughes
Given names
Alice Bernice
Surname
Hughes
Married name
Alice Bernice Spry
Birth estimated 1920

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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
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 30 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 husbandGlen Oliver Spry
March 11, 2003 (Age 83 years)
Death January 24, 2015 (Age 95 years)
Family with Glen Oliver Spry - View this family
husband
Glen Oliver Spry
Birth: November 14, 1919Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, United States
Death: March 11, 2003Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, United States
herself
Alice Bernice Hughes
Birth: estimated 1920
Death: January 24, 2015Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

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