The Shemwell Family

Vonnie May GreeneAge: 89 years19102000

Name
Vonnie May Greene
Given names
Vonnie May
Surname
Greene
Birth May 12, 1910 41 38
Birth of a sisterInez Lucinda Greene
September 15, 1914 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherElihu Greene
July 3, 1926 (Age 16 years)
Cause: Arteriosclerosis
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Birth of a son
#1
Wallace Rayvon Greene
July 2, 1931 (Age 21 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Lucinda Gragg
November 11, 1931 (Age 21 years)
Cause: No doctor - Old Age?
Birth of a son
#2
Riley Cecil Greene
May 29, 1934 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherFinley Patterson Trivett
February 24, 1937 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Millie Pearl Greene
December 28, 1942 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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
Birth of a son
#4
Travis Dale Greene
October 5, 1949 (Age 39 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 fatherRoby Greene
October 14, 1958 (Age 48 years)
Cause: Acute Heart Failure
Death of a motherMartha Irene Trivett
August 26, 1965 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 sisterInez Lucinda Greene
July 27, 1976 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherVirgil Sylvester Greene
February 18, 1985 (Age 74 years)
Burial of a brotherVirgil Sylvester Greene
February 23, 1985 (Age 74 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Blue Ridge Memorial Park
Death of a sisterLella Elizabeth Greene
October 19, 1987 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sonRiley Cecil Greene
January 30, 1990 (Age 79 years)

Death of a brotherFinley Elihu Greene
September 7, 1990 (Age 80 years)
Death May 8, 2000 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Baptist Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: March 31, 1888Watauga, North Carolina, United States
15 months
elder brother
Greenville Maston Greene
Birth: July 13, 1889 20 17Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 23, 1893Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months
elder brother
Orville Austin Greene
Birth: April 8, 1891 21 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 1, 1907Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
elder brother
6 years
elder sister
Lella Elizabeth Greene
Birth: February 26, 1899 29 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 19, 1987Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
8 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
Vonnie May Greene
Birth: May 12, 1910 41 38Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 8, 2000Connelly Springs, Burke, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Inez Lucinda Greene
Birth: September 15, 1914 45 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 27, 1976Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
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himself
Vonnie May Greene
Birth: May 12, 1910 41 38Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 8, 2000Connelly Springs, Burke, North Carolina, United States
wife
son
Wallace Rayvon Greene
Birth: July 2, 1931 21 17Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 17, 2016Connelly Springs, Burke, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Private
son
Riley Cecil Greene
Birth: May 29, 1934 24 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 30, 1990
daughter
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daughter
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son
Private
son
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son
Private
daughter
Millie Pearl Greene
Birth: December 28, 1942 32 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 8, 2003
son
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daughter
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daughter
Private
son
Travis Dale Greene
Birth: October 5, 1949 39 35
Death: December 31, 2012Catawba, North Carolina, United States

Vonnie May Greene has 57 first cousins recorded

Father's family (49)

Parents Jacob Jess “Jake” Green + Anna Laura “Annie” Baker
2Inez Belinda Green18941976
6Edna Mae Green19031996
7Mary Irene Green19051993
8Elyn Rosalyn Green19081994
10Opal Luella Green19141998
Parents Judson Gragg Greene + Amelia Anner Greene
1Infant Greene19021902
Parents Clenard Mansfield Greene + Nannie Lorena Simmons
1Ora Lucinda Greene18941964
3Ziza James Greene18981934
5Flora Belle Greene19021986
6Infant Greene19061906
Parents David Samuel Lawrence + Nicy Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greene
Parents Albert Lee Smith + Nicy Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greene
1Sarah Lemery Smith18941918
Parents Copna Horton Greene + Sarah E Trivett
1Eva Arzola Greene18991966
Parents Copna Horton Greene + Fannie Beatrice Norris
1Mary Docia Greene19112010
3Reed Morris Greene19162006
4Doris Viola Greene19182010
8Bonnie Dare Greene19282006
Parents Clingman Elijah Trivett + Florence Louanna Greene
4Ven Vaughn Trivett19042004
Parents Thomas Green Miller + Sophia Catherine Greene
3Edel Vesta Miller19101993
4Greene Gar Miller19131918
5Isaac Elihu Miller19151997
8Sophia Miller19221922