The Shemwell Family

Eva Arzola GreeneAge: 66 years18991966

Name
Eva Arzola Greene
Given names
Eva Arzola
Surname
Greene
Married name
Eva Arzola Payne
Birth June 1, 1899 21 16
Birth of a sisterFlossie Pearl Greene
June 25, 1901 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMargie Viola Greene
June 12, 1904 (Age 5 years)
Death of a motherSarah E Trivett
May 25, 1909 (Age 9 years)

Marriage of a parentCopna Horton GreeneFannie Beatrice NorrisView this family
July 13, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Docia Greene
August 1, 1911 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRalph Horton Greene
January 27, 1914 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Vilas Lawerence Payne
May 18, 1916 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherReed Morris Greene
August 13, 1916 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorothy Viola Payne
May 16, 1918 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-sisterDoris Viola Greene
August 26, 1918 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 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 18 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/
Birth of a daughter
#3
Annie Ruth Payne
August 10, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-sisterDollie Dimple Greene
February 20, 1922 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a half-sisterDenise Grace Greene
January 25, 1923 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Luther Ransom Payne
October 25, 1923 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a half-sisterRuth Lanetta Greene
February 5, 1926 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Virginia Grace Payne
March 6, 1926 (Age 26 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElihu Greene
July 3, 1926 (Age 27 years)
Cause: Arteriosclerosis
Birth of a half-sisterBonnie Dare Greene
July 27, 1928 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 daughter
#6
Imogene Ovanell Payne
February 8, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Frank Dan Payne
August 28, 1931 (Age 32 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Lucinda Gragg
November 11, 1931 (Age 32 years)
Cause: No doctor - Old Age?
Birth of a half-brotherBuster Brown Greene
April 2, 1933 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Shirley Cline Payne
October 28, 1933 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Claudean Payne
January 30, 1936 (Age 36 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherFinley Patterson Trivett
February 24, 1937 (Age 37 years)
Death of a daughterDorothy Viola Payne
October 24, 1943 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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 husbandClaude Donald Payne
December 8, 1963 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 February 4, 1966 (Age 66 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 15, 1898Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
14 months
herself
2 years
younger sister
Flossie Pearl Greene
Birth: June 25, 1901 23 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 22, 1995Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Fannie Beatrice Norris - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: July 13, 1910Watauga, North Carolina, United States
13 months
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
Ralph Horton Greene
Birth: January 27, 1914 35 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 18, 2008Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
half-brother
Reed Morris Greene
Birth: August 13, 1916 38 25Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 25, 2006Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
half-sister
Doris Viola Greene
Birth: August 26, 1918 40 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 2, 2010Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
half-sister
Dollie Dimple Greene
Birth: February 20, 1922 43 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 4, 2013Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
11 months
half-sister
Denise Grace Greene
Birth: January 25, 1923 44 31Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 25, 1989Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
3 years
half-sister
Ruth Lanetta Greene
Birth: February 5, 1926 47 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 31, 1999Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
half-sister
Bonnie Dare Greene
Birth: July 27, 1928 50 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 23, 2006Guilford, North Carolina, United States
5 years
half-brother
Buster Brown Greene
Birth: April 2, 1933 55 41Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 17, 2009Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Family with Claude Donald Payne - View this family
husband
herself
son
Vilas Lawerence Payne
Birth: May 18, 1916 19 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 11, 1998Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Dorothy Viola Payne
Birth: May 16, 1918 21 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 24, 1943Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Annie Ruth Payne
Birth: August 10, 1920 23 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 12, 2007Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Luther Ransom Payne
Birth: October 25, 1923 26 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 31, 1994Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Virginia Grace Payne
Birth: March 6, 1926 28 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 17, 2012Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
son
Private
daughter
Imogene Ovanell Payne
Birth: February 8, 1930 32 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 20, 2006Florence, South Carolina, United States
19 months
son
Frank Dan Payne
Birth: August 28, 1931 34 32Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 17, 2012Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Shirley Cline Payne
Birth: October 28, 1933 36 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 24, 2000Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Claudean Payne
Birth: January 30, 1936 38 36Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 3, 2004Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private