Lt. Col. Bernice WorleyAge: 105 years1904–2010
- Name
- Lt. Col. Bernice Worley
- Name prefix
- Lt. Col.
- Given names
- Bernice
- Surname
- Worley
 Birth | July 16, 1904 39 33 |
 Death of a mother | Elizabeth Anne “Lizzie” Shemwell July 27, 1906 (Age 2 years) Cause: Typhoid Fever |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 5 years) |
 Never Married | Never Married |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 11 years)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 12 years)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 13 years)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/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 25 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 |
| Death of a father | James Anderson Worley May 8, 1945 (Age 40 years) Cause: Carcinoma of the Prostate |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 brother | Lt. Col. James Evans Worley October 24, 1965 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 brother | Samuel Myrl Worley December 10, 1979 (Age 75 years) |
 Death | January 4, 2010 (Age 105 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fernwood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Anderson Worley Birth: December 28, 1864 27 — Crittenden, Kentucky, United States Death: May 8, 1945 — Crittenden, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Anne “Lizzie” Shemwell Birth: February 11, 1871 26 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 27, 1906 — Crittenden, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 17, 1897 — |
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21 months elder brother |
Willard A Worley Birth: 1898 33 26 — Crittenden, Kentucky, United States Death: 1898 — Crittenden, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Samuel Myrl Worley Birth: January 18, 1900 35 28 — Hurricane, Tolu, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States Death: December 10, 1979 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Lt. Col. James Evans Worley Birth: June 8, 1902 37 31 — Tolu, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States Death: October 24, 1965 — Spokane, Washington, United States |
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2 years herself |
Lt. Col. Bernice Worley Birth: July 16, 1904 39 33 — Tolu, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States Death: January 4, 2010 — Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, United States |
Lt. Col. Bernice Worley has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (7)
Parents Samuel Allen Shemwell + Margaret Ophenia Crews
Parents William Henry Smith + Susan Evans “Sudie” Shemwell
Parents Thomas Halie Averitt + Tommie Sarah Shemwell
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Worley - Household
Tolu, Crittenden, Ky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Worley - Household
Hurricane, Crittenden, Ky
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