Virginia Joy “Sissy” BakerAge: 66 years1937–2004
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- Virginia Joy “Sissy” Baker
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- Virginia Joy
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- Baker
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- Virginia Joy Shemwell
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- Sissy
 Birth | September 20, 1937 |
 Birth of a sister | Alice Pearl “Shorty” Baker 1940 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 4 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 12 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Eddie “Jimmy” Shemwell July 25, 1965 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 8 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Gavin Keith Thornton May 17, 2000 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | June 10, 2004 (Age 66 years) |
 Burial | June 12, 2004 (2 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery |
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Virginia Joy “Sissy” Baker Birth: September 20, 1937 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Death: June 10, 2004 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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Alice Pearl “Shorty” Baker Birth: 1940 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Death: November 24, 2010 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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James Nelson “Red” Shemwell Birth: September 25, 1926 34 21 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: March 10, 2005 — Webster, Kentucky, United States |
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Virginia Joy “Sissy” Baker Birth: September 20, 1937 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Death: June 10, 2004 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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James Eddie “Jimmy” Shemwell Birth: July 25, 1965 38 27 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Death: February 18, 2018 — Webster, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States |
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